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polemonium

po·le·mo·nium

uncommon

noun

1.

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

Origin

From the genus name translingual Polemonium, from Ancient Greek πολεμώνιον (polemṓnion), from Πολέμων (Polémōn) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix), from πόλεμος (pólemos, “war”) + -ων (-ōn, possessive name suffix).

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