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HEDIONDILLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hediondilla mean?
• HEDIONDILLA (noun)
The noun HEDIONDILLA has 1 sense:
1. desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers
Familiarity information: HEDIONDILLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("hediondilla" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Meronyms (parts of "hediondilla"):
Sonora gum (acidulous gum resin of the creosote bush)
Holonyms ("hediondilla" is a member of...):
genus Larrea; Larrea (xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States)
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