HyperDic: genus_dracunculus

English > 2 senses of the expression genus Dracunculus:
NOUNplantgenus Dracunculus, Dracunculustuberous herbaceous perennials
animalgenus Dracunculus, Dracunculustype genus of the family Dracunculidae
English > genus Dracunculus: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaningtuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum.
SynonymDracunculus
Member ofAraceae, family Araceae, arum familyanthurium
Membersdragon arum, green dragon, Dracunculus vulgarisEuropean arum resembling the cuckoopint
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishdracunculus, genus dracunculus
Catalandracunculus, genus dracunculus
English > genus Dracunculus: 2 senses > noun 2, animal
Meaningtype genus of the family Dracunculidae.
SynonymDracunculus
Member ofDracunculidae, family Dracunculidaegreatly elongated roundworm
MembersGuinea worm, Dracunculus medinensisParasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
Broaderworm genusA genus of worms
SpanishDracunculus, dracunculus, género Dracunculus, genus dracunculus
Catalandracunculus, genus dracunculus

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