GENUS THALICTRUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Thalictrum mean?
• GENUS THALICTRUM (noun)
The noun GENUS THALICTRUM has 1 sense:
1. widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue
Familiarity information: GENUS THALICTRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS THALICTRUM (noun)
Meaning:
Widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Thalictrum; Thalictrum
Hypernyms ("genus Thalictrum" 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 Thalictrum"):
meadow rue (any of various herbs of the genus Thalictrum; sometimes rhizomatous or tuberous perennials found in damp shady places and meadows or stream banks; have lacy foliage and clouds of small purple or yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Thalictrum" is a member of...):
buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)