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    GENUS SIUM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere: water parsnipsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Sium; Sium

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Sium"):

    Sium suave; water parsnip (stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; northern United States and Asia)

    greater water parsnip; Sium latifolium (large stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; Europe)

    Sium sisarum; skirret (an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root)

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

    Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)

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