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PETTY MOREL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does petty morel mean? 

PETTY MOREL (noun)
  The noun PETTY MOREL has 1 sense:

1. unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexicoplay

  Familiarity information: PETTY MOREL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PETTY MOREL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American spikenard; Aralia racemosa; life-of-man; petty morel

Hypernyms ("petty morel" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("petty morel" is a member of...):

genus Aralia (type genus of Araliaceae; large widely distributed genus of shrubs and trees and vines: spikenard; Hercules'-club)


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