ALUMROOT

 Dictionary entry overview: What does alumroot mean? 

• ALUMROOT (noun)
  The noun ALUMROOT has 1 sense:

1. any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera

  Familiarity information: ALUMROOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALUMROOT (noun)

Meaning:

Any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

alumbloom; alumroot

Hypernyms ("alumroot" 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 "alumroot"):

Heuchera americana; rock geranium (plant with basal leaves mottled with white and flowers in lax panicles on erect stems)

Heuchera cylindrica; poker alumroot; poker heuchera (plant with leathery heart-shaped leaf blades clustered at base of long stalks with greenish-white flowers clustered along the upper part; western North America)

coralbells; Heuchera sanguinea (perennial plant of the western United States having bright red flowers in feathery spikes; used as an ornamental)

Holonyms ("alumroot" is a member of...):

genus Heuchera; Heuchera (genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers)