noun
stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone
• Syn: ↑Anemopsis californica
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Anemopsis, ↑genus Anemopsis
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\\-ˈmän(t)sə; -ˈman-\ nounEtymology: modification of Mexican Spanish yerba del manso, literally, farmhouse herb
: a stoloniferous herb (Anemiopsis californica) of the family Saururaceae of the western United States and Mexico with a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers subtended by a white involucre suggesting an anemone
Useful english dictionary. 2012.