genus saururus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Saururaceae: lizard's-tails (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	lizard's-tail, saururus cernuus, swamp lily, water dragon,
definition	:	North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family saururaceae, lizard's-tail family, saururaceae,
definition	:	family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia (noun.plant)