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VALERIANA

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Meaning:

Genus of widely distributed perennial herbs and some shrubs

Synonyms:

genus Valeriana; Valeriana

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Valeriana"):

valerian (a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers)

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

family Valerianaceae; valerian family; Valerianaceae (genus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor)

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