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    GENUS SAURURUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Saururaceae: lizard's-tailsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Saururus; Saururus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Saururus" is a kind of...):

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Saururus"):

    lizard's-tail; Saururus cernuus; swamp lily; water dragon (North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers)

    Holonyms ("genus Saururus" is a member of...):

    family Saururaceae; lizard's-tail family; Saururaceae (family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia)

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