genus Asarum

Thesaurus

Noun

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genus Asarum - wild ginger Asarumdicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationAristolochiaceae, birthwort family, family Aristolochiaceae - family of birthworts (including wild ginger)wild ginger - low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomesAsarum shuttleworthii, heartleaf, heart-leaf - wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama