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POLEMONIUM

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Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions

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Nouns denoting plants

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polemonium"):

charity; Greek valerian; Jacob's ladder; Polemonium caeruleum; Polemonium van-bruntiae; Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae (pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers)

Greek valerian; Polemonium reptans (erect or spreading perennial of the eastern United States)

northern Jacob's ladder; Polemonium boreale (perennial erect herb with white flowers; circumboreal)

Polemonium viscosum; skunk-weed; skunkweed (tall herb of the Rocky Mountains having sticky leaves and an offensive smell)

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

genus Polemonium (type genus of the Polemoniaceae)

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