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ANCHUSA OFFICINALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anchusa officinalis mean? 

ANCHUSA OFFICINALIS (noun)
  The noun ANCHUSA OFFICINALIS has 1 sense:

1. perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowersplay

  Familiarity information: ANCHUSA OFFICINALIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANCHUSA OFFICINALIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

alkanet; Anchusa officinalis; bugloss

Hypernyms ("Anchusa officinalis" is a kind of...):

anchusa (any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers)


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