VERATRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Veratrum mean? 

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

1. a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERATRUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Veratrum; Veratrum

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

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "Veratrum"):

false hellebore; hellebore (perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes)

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

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)