NOUN | plant | Solomon's-seal | any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock / rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal |
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Meaning | Any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock / rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal. | |
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Member of | Polygonatum, genus Polygonatum | sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae |
Narrower | great Solomon's-seal, Polygonatum biflorum, Polygonatum commutatum | North American perennial herb with smooth foliage and drooping tubular greenish flowers |
Broader | liliaceous plant | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber |
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