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zygadene

zygadene is the alternative form of zigadene.

Meaning of zigadene

Noun

zigadene (plural zigadenes)

  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

Forms of zygadene

pluralzygadenes

Questions about zygadene

What is zygadene the alternative form of?
Zygadene is the alternative form of zigadene.

Words near zygadene in the dictionary

  1. Zyches
  2. zydeco
  3. zyg-
  4. zyga
  5. zygacine
  6. zygadene
  7. zygadenes
  8. zygadenine
  9. zygadite
  10. zygaenid
  11. zygaenids

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