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GENUS EPIMEDIUM

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Meaning:

Herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia

Synonyms:

Epimedium; genus Epimedium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Epimedium"):

barrenwort; bishop's hat; Epimedium grandiflorum (slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover)

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

barberry family; Berberidaceae; family Berberidaceae (shrubs or herbs)

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