POTERIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Poterium mean? 

• POTERIUM (noun)
  The noun POTERIUM has 1 sense:

1. a genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae

  Familiarity information: POTERIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POTERIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Poterium; Poterium

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Poterium"):

burnet bloodwort; pimpernel; Poterium sanguisorba; salad burnet (European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads)

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

family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)