ZIGADENUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zigadenus mean? 

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

1. genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZIGADENUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Zigadenus; Zigadenus

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

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "Zigadenus"):

death camas; zigadene (any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous)

alkali grass; Zigadenus elegans (plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers)

white camas; Zigadenus glaucus (plant of eastern and central North America having creamy white flowers tinged with brown or purple; poisonous especially to grazing animals)

poison camas; Zigadenus nuttalli (a common perennial death camas; Tennessee to Kansas to Texas)

grassy death camas; Zigadenus venenosus; Zigadenus venenosus gramineus (plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animals)

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

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)