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ZIGADENUS VENENOSUS GRAMINEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zigadenus venenosus gramineus mean? 

ZIGADENUS VENENOSUS GRAMINEUS (noun)
  The noun ZIGADENUS VENENOSUS GRAMINEUS has 1 sense:

1. plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animalsplay

  Familiarity information: ZIGADENUS VENENOSUS GRAMINEUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ZIGADENUS VENENOSUS GRAMINEUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

grassy death camas; Zigadenus venenosus; Zigadenus venenosus gramineus

Hypernyms ("Zigadenus venenosus gramineus" is a kind of...):

death camas; zigadene (any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous)

Holonyms ("Zigadenus venenosus gramineus" is a member of...):

genus Zigadenus; Zigadenus (genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)


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