EPIMEDIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Epimedium mean? 

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

1. herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPIMEDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Epimedium; genus Epimedium

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

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Epimedium"):

barrenwort; bishop's hat; Epimedium grandiflorum (slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover)

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

barberry family; Berberidaceae; family Berberidaceae (shrubs or herbs)