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COVILLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coville mean? 

COVILLE (noun)
  The noun COVILLE has 1 sense:

1. desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


COVILLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

coville; creosote bush; hediondilla; Larrea tridentata

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Meronyms (parts of "coville"):

Sonora gum (acidulous gum resin of the creosote bush)

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

genus Larrea; Larrea (xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States)


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