genus silphium

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   tall North American perennial herbs

   SynonymsSilphium

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofCompositae

Questions about genus silphium

What does genus silphium mean?

genus silphium means "tall North American perennial herbs".

What is another word for genus silphium?

Close synonyms include Silphium. 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 silphium a common word?

genus silphium 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.