ANEMOPSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anemopsis mean? 

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

1. one species: yerba mansa

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANEMOPSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: yerba mansa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Anemopsis; genus Anemopsis

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Anemopsis"):

Anemopsis californica; yerba mansa (stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone)

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

family Saururaceae; lizard's-tail family; Saururaceae (family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia)