English > polemonium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions. |
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| Member of | genus Polemonium | type genus of the Polemoniaceae |
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| Narrower | Greek valerian, Polemonium reptans | Erect or spreading perennial of the eastern United States |
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| Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian, charity, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae | pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers |
| northern Jacob's ladder, Polemonium boreale | perennial erect herb with white flowers |
| skunkweed, skunk-weed, Polemonium viscosum | tall herb of the Rocky Mountains having sticky leaves and an offensive smell |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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| Spanish | polemonium |
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| Catalan | polemonium |
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