genus Corydalis
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Related to genus Corydalis: Corydalis solida, Corydalus
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Noun | 1. | genus Corydalis - annual or perennial herbs of Himalayan China and South Africa dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs family Papaveraceae, Papaveraceae, poppy family - herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits corydalis - a plant of the genus Corydalis with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers climbing corydalis, Corydalis claviculata, Fumaria claviculata - annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers Corydalis sempervirens, Fumaria sempervirens, rock harlequin, Roman wormwood - glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria Corydalis solida, fumeroot, fumewort - herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers |
2. | genus Corydalis - type genus of the Corydalidae arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods Corydalidae, family Corydalidae - dobsons Corydalus cornutus, dobson fly, dobsonfly, dobson - large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait dobson, hellgrammiate - large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait |