THALICTRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thalictrum mean? 

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

1. widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THALICTRUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Thalictrum; Thalictrum

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

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Thalictrum"):

meadow rue (any of various herbs of the genus Thalictrum; sometimes rhizomatous or tuberous perennials found in damp shady places and meadows or stream banks; have lacy foliage and clouds of small purple or yellow flowers)

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

buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)