zigadene

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noun

Any of the poisonous perennial flowering plants formerly considered to be within the genus Zigadenus.

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nounzigadene (plural zigadenes)

plural zigadenes · alternative zygadene

  1. Any of the poisonous perennial flowering plants formerly considered to be within the genus Zigadenus.

    American Indians apparently were aware of the poisonous properties of the zigadenes.

    1986, Thomas C. Fuller et al., Poisonous Plants of California, page 291

    Synonyms: death camas, deathcamas, star lily

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of the poisonous perennial flowering plants formerly considered to be within the genus Zigadenus.

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death camasdeathcamasstar lily

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous

Similar
death camas
Broader
liliaceous plant
Also see
death camas

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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