LIZARD'S-TAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lizard's-tail mean? 

• LIZARD'S-TAIL (noun)
  The noun LIZARD'S-TAIL has 1 sense:

1. North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers

  Familiarity information: LIZARD'S-TAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIZARD'S-TAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lizard's-tail; Saururus cernuus; swamp lily; water dragon

Hypernyms ("lizard's-tail" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Holonyms ("lizard's-tail" is a member of...):

genus Saururus; Saururus (type genus of the Saururaceae: lizard's-tails)