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Dracunculus

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Dra`cun´cu`lus
n.1.(Zool.) A fish; the dragonet.
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Noun1.Dracunculus - tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arumDracunculus - tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum
genus Dracunculus
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Araceae, arum family, family Araceae - anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron
Dracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum, green dragon - European arum resembling the cuckoopint
2.Dracunculus - type genus of the family Dracunculidae
genus Dracunculus
worm genus - a genus of worms
Dracunculidae, family Dracunculidae - greatly elongated roundworm
Dracunculus medinensis, Guinea worm - parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
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