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GENUS ERANTHIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Eranthis mean?
• GENUS ERANTHIS (noun)
The noun GENUS ERANTHIS has 1 sense:
1. winter aconite
Familiarity information: GENUS ERANTHIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Winter aconite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Eranthis; genus Eranthis
Hypernyms ("genus Eranthis" 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 Eranthis"):
Eranthis hyemalis; winter aconite (small Old World perennial herb grown for its bright yellow flowers which appear in early spring often before snow is gone)
Holonyms ("genus Eranthis" is a member of...):
buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)
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