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CLOVER-ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clover-root mean? 

CLOVER-ROOT (noun)
  The noun CLOVER-ROOT has 1 sense:

1. hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinallyplay

  Familiarity information: CLOVER-ROOT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLOVER-ROOT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

clover-root; cloveroot; Geum urbanum; herb bennet; wood avens

Hypernyms ("clover-root" is a kind of...):

avens (any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers)


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