GENUS GLAUCIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Glaucium mean? 

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

1. herbs of Europe and North Africa and Asia: horned poppy

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS GLAUCIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Herbs of Europe and North Africa and Asia: horned poppy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Glaucium; Glaucium

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Glaucium"):

Glaucium flavum; horn poppy; horned poppy; sea poppy; yellow horned poppy (yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North America)

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

family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)