Saururus

Saururus
noun
type genus of the Saururaceae: lizard's-tails
Syn: ↑genus Saururus
Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Saururaceae, ↑family Saururaceae, ↑lizard's-tail family
Member Meronyms: ↑lizard's-tail, ↑swamp lily, ↑water dragon, ↑Saururus cernuus

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\\-_rəs\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from saur- + -urus
: a genus (the type of the family Saururaceae) of herbs having alternate cordate leaves and racemes of white flowers with four to eight stamens and an ovary of four carpels coalescent into a capsule in fruit — see lizard's-tail

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  • Saurūrus — (S. L.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Saurureae. 7. Kl. 4. Ordn. L.; Art: S. cernuus, an feuchten Stellen in Virginien, riecht u. schmeckt gewürzhaft, erweichendes Mittel …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Saururus — Saurure …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Saururus —   Saururus …   Wikipedia Español

  • Saururus — ID 75431 Symbol Key SAURU Common Name saururus Family Saururaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Saururus L. — Symbol SAURU Common Name saururus Botanical Family Saururaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Saururus cernuus — taxobox name = Lizard s tail regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Magnoliids ordo = Piperales familia = Saururaceae genus = Saururus species = S. cernuus binomial = Saururus cernuus binomial authority = | Saururus… …   Wikipedia

  • Saururus cernuus — Lizard s tail Liz ard s tail . (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus {Saururus} ({Saururus cernuus}), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard s tail; whence the name.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Saururus cernuus — noun North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers • Syn: ↑lizard s tail, ↑swamp lily, ↑water dragon • Hypernyms: ↑marsh plant, ↑bog plant, ↑swamp plant …   Useful english dictionary

  • Saururus cernuus — ID 75432 Symbol Key SACE Common Name lizard s tail Family Saururaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ,… …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • saururus — sau·ru·rus …   English syllables

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