English > Zigadenus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae. |
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| Synonym | genus Zigadenus |
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| Member of | Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family | Includes species sometimes divided among the following families |
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| Members | alkali grass, Zigadenus elegans | plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers |
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| death camas, zigadene | Any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly 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 | liliid monocot genus | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils |
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| Spanish | genus zigadenus, zigadenus |
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| Catalan | genus zigadenus, zigadenus |
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