HyperDic: genus_polygonum

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Polygonum:
NOUNplantgenus Polygonum, Polygonumdiverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions
English > genus Polygonum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningdiverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions.
SynonymPolygonum
Member ofPolygonaceae, family Polygonaceae, buckwheat familyA family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone
Membersbuckwheat, Polygonum fagopyrum, Fagopyrum esculentumA member of the genus Fagopyrum
prince's-feather, princess feather, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, prince's-plume, Polygonum orientaleAnnual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers
silver lace vine, China fleece vine, Russian vine, Polygonum aubertiiTwining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus polygonum, polygonum
Catalangenus polygonum, polygonum, Polygonum

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