zigadenus
English Thesaurus
1. genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | liliid monocot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | death camas, zigadene, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | alkali grass, zigadenus elegans, |
| definition | : | plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | white camas, zigadenus glaucus, |
| definition | : | plant of eastern and central North America having creamy white flowers tinged with brown or purple; poisonous especially to grazing animals (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | family liliaceae, liliaceae, lily family, |
| definition | : | includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae (noun.plant) |
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