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ONOSMODIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Onosmodium mean? 

ONOSMODIUM (noun)
  The noun ONOSMODIUM has 1 sense:

1. a genus of North American perennial herbs of the family Boraginaceaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ONOSMODIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of North American perennial herbs of the family Boraginaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Onosmodium; Onosmodium

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Onosmodium"):

false gromwell (any of several North American perennial herbs with hairy foliage and small yellowish or greenish flowers)

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

borage family; Boraginaceae; family Boraginaceae (a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit)


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