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PETASITES FRAGRANS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Petasites fragrans mean? 

PETASITES FRAGRANS (noun)
  The noun PETASITES FRAGRANS has 1 sense:

1. European herb with vanilla-scented white-pink flowersplay

  Familiarity information: PETASITES FRAGRANS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PETASITES FRAGRANS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European herb with vanilla-scented white-pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Petasites fragrans; sweet coltsfoot; winter heliotrope

Hypernyms ("Petasites fragrans" 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 ("Petasites fragrans" is a member of...):

genus Petasites; Petasites (genus of rhizomatous herbs of north temperate regions: butterbur; sweet coltsfoot)


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