POLYGONUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Polygonum mean? 

• POLYGONUM (noun)
  The noun POLYGONUM has 1 sense:

1. diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions

  Familiarity information: POLYGONUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYGONUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Polygonum; Polygonum

Hypernyms ("Polygonum" 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 "Polygonum"):

China fleece vine; Polygonum aubertii; Russian vine; silver lace vine (twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia)

buckwheat; Fagopyrum esculentum; Polygonum fagopyrum (a member of the genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour)

kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate; Polygonum orientale; prince's-feather; prince's-plume; princess feather (annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America)

Holonyms ("Polygonum" is a member of...):

buckwheat family; family Polygonaceae; Polygonaceae (a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats)

 Context examples 

The antioxidants in curcumin/green tea extract/Polygonum cuspidatum extract/soybean extract capsule bind to and neutralize free-radicals, which may prevent their genotoxic and carcinogenic effects.

(Curcumin/Green Tea Extract/Polygonum cuspidatum Extract/Soybean Extract Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)

An oral capsule containing curcumin, green tea extract, Polygonum cuspidatum extract, and soybean extract, with antioxidant and potential chemopreventive activities.

(Curcumin/Green Tea Extract/Polygonum cuspidatum Extract/Soybean Extract Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)