ACTAEA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Baneberry

Synonyms:

Actaea; genus Actaea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Actaea" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Actaea"):

baneberry; cohosh; herb Christopher (a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries)

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

buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)