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BARRENWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barrenwort mean? 

BARRENWORT (noun)
  The noun BARRENWORT has 1 sense:

1. slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground coverplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BARRENWORT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

barrenwort; bishop's hat; Epimedium grandiflorum

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

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

Epimedium; genus Epimedium (herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia)


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