GENUS DRACONTIUM

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Meaning:

Small genus of tropical American cormous herbs

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Dracontium" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dracontium"):

dracontium (any plant of the genus Dracontium; strongly malodorous tropical American plants usually with gigantic leaves)

Holonyms ("genus Dracontium" is a member of...):

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)

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