eryngium
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1. large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | rosid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | eryngium maritimum, sea eryngium, sea holly, sea holm, |
| definition | : | European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | button snakeroot, eryngium aquaticum, |
| definition | : | coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | button snakeroot, eryngium yuccifolium, rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master, |
| definition | : | coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | apiaceae, carrot family, family apiaceae, family umbelliferae, umbelliferae, |
| definition | : | plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill (noun.plant) |
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