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ALUMROOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alumroot mean?
• ALUMROOT (noun)
The noun ALUMROOT has 1 sense:
1. any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera
Familiarity information: ALUMROOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
alumbloom; alumroot
Hypernyms ("alumroot" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alumroot"):
Heuchera americana; rock geranium (plant with basal leaves mottled with white and flowers in lax panicles on erect stems)
Heuchera cylindrica; poker alumroot; poker heuchera (plant with leathery heart-shaped leaf blades clustered at base of long stalks with greenish-white flowers clustered along the upper part; western North America)
coralbells; Heuchera sanguinea (perennial plant of the western United States having bright red flowers in feathery spikes; used as an ornamental)
Holonyms ("alumroot" is a member of...):
genus Heuchera; Heuchera (genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers)
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