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AMERICAN SPIKENARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico
Synonyms:
American spikenard; Aralia racemosa; life-of-man; petty morel
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("American spikenard" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("American spikenard" is a member of...):
genus Aralia (type genus of Araliaceae; large widely distributed genus of shrubs and trees and vines: spikenard; Hercules'-club)
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