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ISOPYRUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Isopyrum mean?
• ISOPYRUM (noun)
The noun ISOPYRUM has 1 sense:
1. tufted perennial herbs of northern hemisphere
Familiarity information: ISOPYRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tufted perennial herbs of northern hemisphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Isopyrum; Isopyrum
Hypernyms ("Isopyrum" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Isopyrum"):
false rue; false rue anemone; Isopyrum biternatum (slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue)
Holonyms ("Isopyrum" is a member of...):
buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)
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