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GENUS DRACONTIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dracontium mean?
• GENUS DRACONTIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS DRACONTIUM has 1 sense:
1. small genus of tropical American cormous herbs
Familiarity information: GENUS DRACONTIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of tropical American cormous herbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Dracontium" 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 Dracontium"):
dracontium (any plant of the genus Dracontium; strongly malodorous tropical American plants usually with gigantic leaves)
Holonyms ("genus Dracontium" is a member of...):
Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)
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