GENUS CAULOPHYLLUM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Blue cohosh

Synonyms:

Caulophyllum; genus Caulophyllum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Caulophyllum" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Caulophyllum"):

blue cohosh; blueberry root; Caulophyllum thalictrioides; Caulophyllum thalictroides; papoose root; papooseroot; squaw root; squawroot (tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally)

Holonyms ("genus Caulophyllum" is a member of...):

barberry family; Berberidaceae; family Berberidaceae (shrubs or herbs)