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GENUS SIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere: water parsnips
Synonyms:
genus Sium; Sium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Sium" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sium"):
Sium suave; water parsnip (stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; northern United States and Asia)
greater water parsnip; Sium latifolium (large stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; Europe)
Sium sisarum; skirret (an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root)
Holonyms ("genus Sium" is a member of...):
Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)
