aletris
English Thesaurus
1. small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; 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 | : | ague grass, ague root, aletris farinosa, |
| definition | : | colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | aletris aurea, yellow colicroot, |
| definition | : | colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States (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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