Akademik

Valeriana

noun

genus of widely distributed perennial herbs and some shrubs

• Syn: ↑genus Valeriana

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Valerianaceae, ↑family Valerianaceae, ↑valerian family

• Member Meronyms: ↑valerian

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\\vəˌlirēˈanə, -ˈä-, -ˈā-\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin, valerian

1. capitalized : a large genus of widely distributed perennial herbs (family Valerianaceae) having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers with spurless corollas

2. -s : any plant of the genus Valeriana

Useful english dictionary. 2012.