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PODOPHYLLUM

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Meaning:

Perennial rhizomatous herbs

Synonyms:

genus Podophyllum; Podophyllum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Podophyllum"):

May apple; mayapple; Podophyllum peltatum; wild mandrake (North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit)

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

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

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