English > genus Aralia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | type genus of Araliaceae; large widely distributed genus of shrubs and trees and vines: spikenard; Hercules'-club. |
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| Member of | Araliaceae, family Araliaceae, ivy family | Mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas |
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| Members | American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Hercules'-club, Aralia spinosa | small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States |
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| American spikenard, petty morel, life-of-man, Aralia racemosa | Unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels |
| Japanese angelica tree, Aralia elata | deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree |
| aralia | Any of various plants of the genus Aralia |
| bristly sarsaparilla, bristly sarsparilla, dwarf elder, Aralia hispida | bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark |
| wild sarsaparilla, false sarsaparilla, wild sarsparilla, Aralia nudicaulis | Common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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| Spanish | genus aralia |
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| Catalan | genus aralia |
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