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DENDROMECON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dendromecon mean? 

DENDROMECON (noun)
  The noun DENDROMECON has 1 sense:

1. one species: bush poppyplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DENDROMECON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: bush poppy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dendromecon; genus Dendromecon

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Dendromecon"):

bush poppy; tree poppy (evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers)

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

family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)


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