genus poterium

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	rosid dicot genus,
definition	:	a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	burnet bloodwort, pimpernel, poterium sanguisorba, salad burnet,
definition	:	European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family rosaceae, rosaceae, rose family,
definition	:	a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens (noun.plant)