genus aletris

1. 1.

   small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae

   SynonymsAletris

   Broaderliliid monocot genus

   Part ofLiliaceae

Questions about genus aletris

What does genus aletris mean?

genus aletris means "small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae".

What is another word for genus aletris?

Close synonyms include Aletris. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus aletris a common word?

genus aletris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.