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ERANTHIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eranthis mean? 

ERANTHIS (noun)
  The noun ERANTHIS has 1 sense:

1. winter aconiteplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ERANTHIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Winter aconite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eranthis; genus Eranthis

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Eranthis"):

Eranthis hyemalis; winter aconite (small Old World perennial herb grown for its bright yellow flowers which appear in early spring often before snow is gone)

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

buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)


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