ANTHYLLIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anthyllis mean? 

• ANTHYLLIS (noun)
  The noun ANTHYLLIS has 1 sense:

1. genus of Mediterranean herbs and shrubs

  Familiarity information: ANTHYLLIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTHYLLIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of Mediterranean herbs and shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Anthyllis; genus Anthyllis

Hypernyms ("Anthyllis" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Anthyllis"):

Anthyllis barba-jovis; Jupiter's beard; silver-bush; silverbush (silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers)

Anthyllis vulneraria; kidney vetch (perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures; formerly used medicinally for kidney disorders)

Holonyms ("Anthyllis" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)