noun
a genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae
• Syn: ↑Poterium
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rosaceae, ↑family Rosaceae, ↑rose family
• Member Meronyms: ↑salad burnet, ↑burnet bloodwort, ↑pimpernel, ↑Poterium sanguisorba
Useful english dictionary. 2012.