noun
widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers
• Syn: ↑genus Heracleum
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Umbelliferae, ↑family Umbelliferae, ↑Apiaceae, ↑family Apiaceae, ↑carrot family
• Member Meronyms: ↑cow parsnip, ↑hogweed, ↑Heracleum sphondylium
Useful english dictionary. 2012.