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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-tails
Familiarity information: GENUS SAURURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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