| Noun | 1. genus Dracunculus - tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arumDracunculusliliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedAraceae, arum family, family Araceae - anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendronDracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum, green dragon - European arum resembling the cuckoopint | | 2.genus Dracunculus - type genus of the family DracunculidaeDracunculusworm genus - a genus of wormsDracunculidae, family Dracunculidae - greatly elongated roundwormDracunculus medinensis, Guinea worm - parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates |