genus delphinium

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1. large genus of chiefly perennial erect branching herbs of north temperate regions some poisonous (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	magnoliid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	delphinium,
definition	:	any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	buttercup family, crowfoot family, family ranunculaceae, ranunculaceae,
definition	:	a family of Ranunculaceae (noun.plant)