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SAURURUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Saururaceae: lizard's-tails

Synonyms:

genus Saururus; Saururus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("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 "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 ("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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