HOARY ALISON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hoary alison mean? 

• HOARY ALISON (noun)
  The noun HOARY ALISON has 1 sense:

1. tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods; naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weed

  Familiarity information: HOARY ALISON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOARY ALISON (noun)

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Meaning:

Tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods; naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Berteroa incana; hoary alison; hoary alyssum

Hypernyms ("hoary alison" 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 ("hoary alison" is a member of...):

Berteroa; genus Berteroa (hoary alyssum)