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EPIMEDIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia
Synonyms:
Epimedium; genus Epimedium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Epimedium" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Epimedium"):
barrenwort; bishop's hat; Epimedium grandiflorum (slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover)
Holonyms ("Epimedium" is a member of...):
barberry family; Berberidaceae; family Berberidaceae (shrubs or herbs)