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GENUS EPIMEDIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Epimedium mean?
• GENUS EPIMEDIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS EPIMEDIUM has 1 sense:
1. herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia
Familiarity information: GENUS EPIMEDIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Epimedium; genus Epimedium
Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus Epimedium"):
barrenwort; bishop's hat; Epimedium grandiflorum (slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover)
Holonyms ("genus Epimedium" is a member of...):
barberry family; Berberidaceae; family Berberidaceae (shrubs or herbs)
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