PRUNELLA VULGARIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Prunella vulgaris mean? 

• PRUNELLA VULGARIS (noun)
  The noun PRUNELLA VULGARIS has 1 sense:

1. decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America

  Familiarity information: PRUNELLA VULGARIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRUNELLA VULGARIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

heal all; Prunella vulgaris; self-heal

Hypernyms ("Prunella vulgaris" 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 ("Prunella vulgaris" is a member of...):

genus Prunella; Prunella (small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers)