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POTERIUM

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Meaning:

A genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae

Synonyms:

genus Poterium; Poterium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Poterium"):

burnet bloodwort; pimpernel; Poterium sanguisorba; salad burnet (European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads)

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

family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)

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