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ZIGADENUS ELEGANS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers
Synonyms:
alkali grass; Zigadenus elegans
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Zigadenus elegans" is a kind of...):
death camas; zigadene (any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous)
Holonyms ("Zigadenus elegans" is a member of...):
genus Zigadenus; Zigadenus (genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)