GENUS ERYNGIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Eryngium mean? 

• GENUS ERYNGIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS ERYNGIUM has 1 sense:

1. large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution

  Familiarity information: GENUS ERYNGIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ERYNGIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eryngium; genus Eryngium

Hypernyms ("genus Eryngium" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Eryngium"):

eringo; eryngo (any plant of the genus Eryngium)

Eryngium maritimum; sea eryngium; sea holly; sea holm (European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac)

button snakeroot; Eryngium aquaticum (coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master)

button snakeroot; Eryngium yuccifolium; rattlesnake's master; rattlesnake master (coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite)

Holonyms ("genus Eryngium" is a member of...):

Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)