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POLYGONUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions
Synonyms:
genus Polygonum; Polygonum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Polygonum" 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 "Polygonum"):
China fleece vine; Polygonum aubertii; Russian vine; silver lace vine (twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia)
buckwheat; Fagopyrum esculentum; Polygonum fagopyrum (a member of the genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour)
kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate; Polygonum orientale; prince's-feather; prince's-plume; princess feather (annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America)
Holonyms ("Polygonum" is a member of...):
buckwheat family; family Polygonaceae; Polygonaceae (a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats)
