REST-HARROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rest-harrow mean? 

• REST-HARROW (noun)
  The noun REST-HARROW has 2 senses:

1. Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots

2. European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners

  Familiarity information: REST-HARROW used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REST-HARROW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ononis spinosa; rest-harrow; restharrow

Hypernyms ("rest-harrow" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("rest-harrow" is a member of...):

genus Ononis; Ononis (genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrow)

Sense 2

Meaning:

European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ononis repens; rest-harrow; restharrow

Hypernyms ("rest-harrow" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("rest-harrow" is a member of...):

genus Ononis; Ononis (genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrow)