mitella

WORDNET DICTIONARY

mitella(n = noun.plant) genus mitella - genus of low slender herbs of North America and northeastern Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petals;

is a kind of rosid dicot genus

is a member of family saxifragaceae, saxifragaceae, saxifrage family

mitella, prop. n.

A genus of low slender herbs of North America and Northeast Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petals. [WordNet 1.5]