zigadene (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *zigadene*:
NOUN	plant	zigadene, death camas	any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers

English > *zigadene*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous.
Synonym	death camas
Member of	Zigadenus, genus Zigadenus	genus of mostly North American poisonous plants
Narrower	alkali grass, Zigadenus elegans	plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers
	grassy death camas, Zigadenus venenosus, Zigadenus venenosus gramineus	plant of western North America to Mexico
	poison camas, Zigadenus nuttalli	A common perennial death camas
	white camas, Zigadenus glaucus	plant of eastern and central North America having creamy white flowers tinged with brown or purple
Broader	liliaceous plant	plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
Spanish	zigadene
Catalan	zigadene

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