polemonium

2 definitions found

polemonium - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Polemonium \Pol`e*mo"ni*um\ n. [NL., fr. Gr.? a kind of plant.]
     (Bot.)
     A genus of gamopetalous perennial herbs, including the
     Jacob's ladder and the Greek valerian.
     [1913 Webster]

polemonium - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  polemonium
      n 1: any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing
           often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions