grassy death camas

grassy death camas
noun
plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animals
Hypernyms: ↑death camas, ↑zigadene
Member Holonyms: ↑Zigadenus, ↑genus Zigadenus

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noun
: a death camas with narrow leaves like blades of grass and racemes of greenish yellow flowers that is a source of livestock poisoning in parts of the northwestern United States and is considered a variety of the common death camas (Zigadenus venenosus) or made a separate species (Z. gramineus)

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  • zigadene — noun any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous • Syn: ↑death camas • Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑alkali grass, ↑Zigadenus elegans, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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