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HERACLEUM

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Meaning:

Widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers

Synonyms:

genus Heracleum; Heracleum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Heracleum"):

cow parsnip; Heracleum sphondylium; hogweed (tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers)

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

Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)

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