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noun
Any of the genus Polemonium of gamopetalous perennial herbs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian, charity, Polemonium caeruleum, Polemonium van-bruntiae, Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae, Polemonium reptans, northern Jacob's ladder, Polemonium boreale, skunkweed, skunk-weed, Polemonium viscosum
History
From the genus name translingual Polemonium, from Ancient Greek πολεμώνιον (polemṓnion), from Πολέμων (Polémōn) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix), from πόλεμος (pólemos, “war”) + -ων (-ōn, possessive name suffix).
