GENUS SIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sium mean? 

• GENUS SIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS SIUM has 1 sense:

1. perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere: water parsnips

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere: water parsnips

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sium; Sium

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sium"):

Sium suave; water parsnip (stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; northern United States and Asia)

greater water parsnip; Sium latifolium (large stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; Europe)

Sium sisarum; skirret (an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root)

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

Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)