noun
any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers
• Hyponyms: ↑umbrella plant, ↑Eriogonum allenii, ↑wild buckwheat, ↑California buckwheat, ↑Erigonum fasciculatum
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Eriogonum
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\\ˌerēˈägənəm\ nounEtymology: New Latin, from erio- + -gonum (from Greek gony knee); from the woolly stems of some species — more at knee
1. capitalized : a genus of No. American herbs (family Polygonaceae) with small clustered flowers subtended by an involucre
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/er'ee og"euh neuhm, -ee euh goh"neuhm/, n.
any of various plants belonging to the genus Eriogonum, of the buckwheat family, native to southern and western North America. Cf. umbrella plant (def. 2).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.