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GENUS TRIOSTIUM

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Meaning:

Genus of Asiatic and North American herbs: feverroot

Synonyms:

genus Triostium; Triostium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Triostium"):

feverroot; horse gentian; tinker's root; Triostium perfoliatum; wild coffee (coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers)

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

Caprifoliaceae; family Caprifoliaceae; honeysuckle family (shrubs and small trees and woody vines)

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