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ROSE-ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rose-root mean? 

ROSE-ROOT (noun)
  The noun ROSE-ROOT has 1 sense:

1. Eurasian mountain plant with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: ROSE-ROOT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROSE-ROOT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Eurasian mountain plant with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

midsummer-men; rose-root; Sedum rosea

Hypernyms ("rose-root" is a kind of...):

sedum (any of various plants of the genus Sedum)

Holonyms ("rose-root" is a member of...):

genus Sedum (large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves)


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