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GENUS CAULOPHYLLUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Caulophyllum mean?
• GENUS CAULOPHYLLUM (noun)
The noun GENUS CAULOPHYLLUM has 1 sense:
1. blue cohosh
Familiarity information: GENUS CAULOPHYLLUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blue cohosh
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Caulophyllum; genus Caulophyllum
Hypernyms ("genus Caulophyllum" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Caulophyllum"):
blue cohosh; blueberry root; Caulophyllum thalictrioides; Caulophyllum thalictroides; papoose root; papooseroot; squaw root; squawroot (tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally)
Holonyms ("genus Caulophyllum" is a member of...):
barberry family; Berberidaceae; family Berberidaceae (shrubs or herbs)
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