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ZIGADENUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
Synonyms:
genus Zigadenus; Zigadenus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Zigadenus" is a kind of...):
liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)
Meronyms (members of "Zigadenus"):
death camas; zigadene (any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous)
alkali grass; Zigadenus elegans (plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers)
white camas; Zigadenus glaucus (plant of eastern and central North America having creamy white flowers tinged with brown or purple; poisonous especially to grazing animals)
poison camas; Zigadenus nuttalli (a common perennial death camas; Tennessee to Kansas to Texas)
grassy death camas; Zigadenus venenosus; Zigadenus venenosus gramineus (plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animals)
Holonyms ("Zigadenus" is a member of...):
family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)
