genus eriogonum

English Thesaurus

1. North American herbs of the buckwheat family (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	eriogonum,
definition	:	any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	buckwheat family, family polygonaceae, polygonaceae,
definition	:	a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats (noun.plant)