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GENUS SAURURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Saururus mean? 

GENUS SAURURUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS SAURURUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Saururaceae: lizard's-tailsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS SAURURUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Saururaceae: lizard's-tails

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Saururus; Saururus

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Saururus"):

lizard's-tail; Saururus cernuus; swamp lily; water dragon (North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers)

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

family Saururaceae; lizard's-tail family; Saururaceae (family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia)


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