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Oenanthe

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\ noun

Usage: 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

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a bird (perhaps the wheatear)

: a small genus of Old World passerine birds comprising the wheatears

Useful english dictionary. 2012.