noun
genus of coarse western American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam
• Syn: ↑Balsamorhiza
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑balsamroot
Useful english dictionary. 2012.