CORIANDRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Coriandrum mean? 

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

1. small genus of annual Mediterranean herbs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORIANDRUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of annual Mediterranean herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Coriandrum; genus Coriandrum

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Coriandrum"):

Chinese parsley; cilantro; coriander; coriander plant; Coriandrum sativum (Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley)

 Context examples 

The essential oil extracted from the seeds of Coriandrum sativum.

(Coriander Oil, NCI Thesaurus)