noun
small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes
• Syn: ↑Spraguea
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Portulacaceae, ↑family Portulacaceae, ↑purslane family
• Member Meronyms: ↑pussy-paw, ↑pussy-paws, ↑pussy's-paw, ↑Spraguea umbellatum, ↑Calyptridium umbellatum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.