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POTERIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae
Synonyms:
genus Poterium; Poterium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Poterium" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Poterium"):
burnet bloodwort; pimpernel; Poterium sanguisorba; salad burnet (European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads)
Holonyms ("Poterium" is a member of...):
family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)
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