noun
genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots
• Syn: ↑genus Liatris
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑blazing star, ↑button snakeroot, ↑gayfeather, ↑gay-feather, ↑snakeroot
Useful english dictionary. 2012.