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LUNARIA ANNUA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lunaria annua mean?
• LUNARIA ANNUA (noun)
The noun LUNARIA ANNUA has 1 sense:
1. southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
Familiarity information: LUNARIA ANNUA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
honesty; Lunaria annua; money plant; satin flower; satinpod; silver dollar
Hypernyms ("Lunaria annua" 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 ("Lunaria annua" is a member of...):
genus Lunaria; Lunaria (small genus of European herbs: honesty)
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