COPTIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers

Synonyms:

Coptis; genus Coptis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Coptis"):

Coptis groenlandica; Coptis trifolia groenlandica; golden thread; goldthread (low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers)

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

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