GENUS ARISAEMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Arisaema mean? 

• GENUS ARISAEMA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ARISAEMA has 1 sense:

1. tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials

  Familiarity information: GENUS ARISAEMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ARISAEMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arisaema; genus Arisaema

Hypernyms ("genus Arisaema" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Arisaema"):

Arisaema atrorubens; Arisaema triphyllum; Indian turnip; jack-in-the-pulpit; wake-robin (common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries)

Arisaema dracontium; green dragon (early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix)

Holonyms ("genus Arisaema" is a member of...):

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)