genus heracleum

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   widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers

   SynonymsHeracleum

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofUmbelliferae

Questions about genus heracleum

What does genus heracleum mean?

genus heracleum means "widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers".

What is another word for genus heracleum?

Close synonyms include Heracleum. 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 heracleum a common word?

genus heracleum 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.