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POLANISIA GRAVEOLENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Polanisia graveolens mean? 

POLANISIA GRAVEOLENS (noun)
  The noun POLANISIA GRAVEOLENS has 1 sense:

1. strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairsplay

  Familiarity information: POLANISIA GRAVEOLENS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POLANISIA GRAVEOLENS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

clammyweed; Polanisia dodecandra; Polanisia graveolens

Hypernyms ("Polanisia graveolens" 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 ("Polanisia graveolens" is a member of...):

genus Polanisia; Polanisia (widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal length)


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