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GENUS PODOPHYLLUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Podophyllum mean?
• GENUS PODOPHYLLUM (noun)
The noun GENUS PODOPHYLLUM has 1 sense:
1. perennial rhizomatous herbs
Familiarity information: GENUS PODOPHYLLUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial rhizomatous herbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Podophyllum; Podophyllum
Hypernyms ("genus Podophyllum" 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 Podophyllum"):
May apple; mayapple; Podophyllum peltatum; wild mandrake (North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit)
Holonyms ("genus Podophyllum" is a member of...):
barberry family; Berberidaceae; family Berberidaceae (shrubs or herbs)
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