We found 1 definitions of genus mitella from 1 different sources.
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genus mitella - genus of low slender herbs of North America and northeastern Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petals | ||
Mitella, genus Mitella | ||
rosid dicot genus a genus of dicotyledonous plants | ||
family saxifragaceae, saxifragaceae, saxifrage family a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae | ||
bishop's cap, miterwort, mitrewort any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter | ||
mitella diphylla, fairy cup miterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that terminate in erect racemes of white flowers |