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GENUS HERACLEUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Heracleum mean?
• GENUS HERACLEUM (noun)
The noun GENUS HERACLEUM has 1 sense:
1. widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers
Familiarity information: GENUS HERACLEUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Heracleum; Heracleum
Hypernyms ("genus Heracleum" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Heracleum"):
cow parsnip; Heracleum sphondylium; hogweed (tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Heracleum" is a member of...):
Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)
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