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    HYDRASTIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate leaves and small solitary flowers; of northeastern United States and Japanplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Hydrastis; Hydrastis

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Hydrastis" is a kind of...):

    magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

    Meronyms (members of "Hydrastis"):

    golden seal; goldenseal; Hydrastis Canadensis; turmeric root; yellow root (perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves)

    Holonyms ("Hydrastis" is a member of...):

    buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)

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