Zigadenus

noun

genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae

• Syn: ↑genus Zigadenus

• Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Liliaceae, ↑family Liliaceae, ↑lily family

• Member Meronyms:

↑death camas, ↑zigadene, ↑alkali grass, ↑Zigadenus elegans, ↑white camas, ↑Zigadenus glaucus, ↑poison camas, ↑Zigadenus nuttalli, ↑grassy death camas, ↑Zigadenus venenosus, ↑Zigadenus venenosus gramineus

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\\ˌzigəˈdēnəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Zygadenus, from Greek zygadēn jointly, in pairs, from zygon yoke, pair — more at yoke

: a genus of herbs (family Liliaceae) of No. America and Asia having basal linear leaves and a terminal panicle of whitish or greenish flowers with a flat spreading perianth — see death camas