Polemonium

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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