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POLEMONIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("polemonium" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polemonium"):
charity; Greek valerian; Jacob's ladder; Polemonium caeruleum; Polemonium van-bruntiae; Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae (pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers)
Greek valerian; Polemonium reptans (erect or spreading perennial of the eastern United States)
northern Jacob's ladder; Polemonium boreale (perennial erect herb with white flowers; circumboreal)
Polemonium viscosum; skunk-weed; skunkweed (tall herb of the Rocky Mountains having sticky leaves and an offensive smell)
Holonyms ("polemonium" is a member of...):
genus Polemonium (type genus of the Polemoniaceae)
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