1. genus of low slender herbs of North America and northeastern Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petals; [syn: Mitella, genus Mitella]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Mitella
n 1: genus of low slender herbs of North America and
northeastern Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid
petals [syn: Mitella, genus Mitella]