HERACLEUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Heracleum mean? 

• HERACLEUM (noun)
  The noun HERACLEUM has 1 sense:

1. widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers

  Familiarity information: HERACLEUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERACLEUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Heracleum; Heracleum

Hypernyms ("Heracleum" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Heracleum"):

cow parsnip; Heracleum sphondylium; hogweed (tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers)

Holonyms ("Heracleum" is a member of...):

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