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GENUS CAULOPHYLLUM

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Caulophyllum mean?

• GENUS CAULOPHYLLUM (noun)
The noun GENUS CAULOPHYLLUM has 1 sense:

1. blue cohosh

Familiarity information: GENUS CAULOPHYLLUM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS CAULOPHYLLUM (noun)

Sense 1

genus Caulophyllum ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Blue cohosh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Caulophyllum; genus Caulophyllum

Hypernyms ("genus Caulophyllum" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Caulophyllum"):

blue cohosh; blueberry root; Caulophyllum thalictrioides; Caulophyllum thalictroides; papoose root; papooseroot; squaw root; squawroot (tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally)

Holonyms ("genus Caulophyllum" is a member of...):

barberry family; Berberidaceae; family Berberidaceae (shrubs or herbs)

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