GENUS VALERIANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Valeriana mean? 

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

1. genus of widely distributed perennial herbs and some shrubs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS VALERIANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of widely distributed perennial herbs and some shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Valeriana; Valeriana

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Valeriana"):

valerian (a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers)

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

family Valerianaceae; valerian family; Valerianaceae (genus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor)