GENUS ALETRIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aletris mean?
• GENUS ALETRIS (noun)
The noun GENUS ALETRIS has 1 sense:
1. small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS ALETRIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS ALETRIS (noun)
Meaning:
Small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Aletris; genus Aletris
Hypernyms ("genus Aletris" is a kind of...):
liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)
Meronyms (members of "genus Aletris"):
colic root; colicroot; crow corn; star grass; unicorn root (any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic)
ague grass; ague root; Aletris farinosa (colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States)
Aletris aurea; yellow colicroot (colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States)
Holonyms ("genus Aletris" is a member of...):
family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)
