ZIGADENUS VENENOSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zigadenus venenosus mean? 

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

1. plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animals

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZIGADENUS VENENOSUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animals

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

grassy death camas; Zigadenus venenosus; Zigadenus venenosus gramineus

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

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

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

genus Zigadenus; Zigadenus (genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)