BALSAMORHIZA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Balsamorhiza mean? 

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

1. genus of coarse western American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALSAMORHIZA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of coarse western American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Balsamorhiza; genus Balsamorhiza

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

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Balsamorhiza"):

balsamroot (a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots)

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

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)