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GENUS HERACLEUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers
Synonyms:
genus Heracleum; Heracleum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Heracleum" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Heracleum"):
cow parsnip; Heracleum sphondylium; hogweed (tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Heracleum" is a member of...):
Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)
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