noun
1. poisonous herbs: water dropworts
• Syn: ↑genus Oenanthe
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Umbelliferae, ↑family Umbelliferae, ↑Apiaceae, ↑family Apiaceae, ↑carrot family
• Member Meronyms: ↑water dropwort, ↑hemlock water dropwort, ↑Oenanthe crocata, ↑water fennel, ↑Oenanthe aquatica
2. wheatears
• Syn: ↑genus Oenanthe
• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Turdidae, ↑family Turdidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑wheatear
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I. \\ēˈnan(ˌ)thē\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a kind of dropwort, a bird (perhaps the wheatear), from Greek oinanthē, from oin- oen- + anthē bloom, blossom, from anthos flower — more at anthology
: a genus of Old World herbs (family Umbelliferae) having compound umbels of white flowers without carpophores — see water dropwort
II. noun
Usage: capitalized
: a small genus of Old World passerine birds comprising the wheatears
Useful english dictionary. 2012.