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JUPITER'S BEARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jupiter's beard mean? 

JUPITER'S BEARD (noun)
  The noun JUPITER'S BEARD has 1 sense:

1. silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: JUPITER'S BEARD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JUPITER'S BEARD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Anthyllis barba-jovis; Jupiter's beard; silver-bush; silverbush

Hypernyms ("Jupiter's beard" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Jupiter's beard" is a member of...):

Anthyllis; genus Anthyllis (genus of Mediterranean herbs and shrubs)


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