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\ nounUsage: capitalized
: 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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.