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GENUS ERYNGIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution
Synonyms:
Eryngium; genus Eryngium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Eryngium" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Eryngium"):
eringo; eryngo (any plant of the genus Eryngium)
Eryngium maritimum; sea eryngium; sea holly; sea holm (European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac)
button snakeroot; Eryngium aquaticum (coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master)
button snakeroot; Eryngium yuccifolium; rattlesnake's master; rattlesnake master (coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite)
Holonyms ("genus Eryngium" is a member of...):
Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)
