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ALUMROOT

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Meaning:

Any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera

Synonyms:

alumbloom; alumroot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("alumroot" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alumroot"):

Heuchera americana; rock geranium (plant with basal leaves mottled with white and flowers in lax panicles on erect stems)

Heuchera cylindrica; poker alumroot; poker heuchera (plant with leathery heart-shaped leaf blades clustered at base of long stalks with greenish-white flowers clustered along the upper part; western North America)

coralbells; Heuchera sanguinea (perennial plant of the western United States having bright red flowers in feathery spikes; used as an ornamental)

Holonyms ("alumroot" is a member of...):

genus Heuchera; Heuchera (genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers)

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