coptis

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1. small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	magnoliid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	coptis groenlandica, coptis trifolia groenlandica, golden thread, goldthread,
definition	:	low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	buttercup family, crowfoot family, family ranunculaceae, ranunculaceae,
definition	:	a family of Ranunculaceae (noun.plant)