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SCLERANTHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Scleranthus mean?
• SCLERANTHUS (noun)
The noun SCLERANTHUS has 1 sense:
1. small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel
Familiarity information: SCLERANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Scleranthus; Scleranthus
Hypernyms ("Scleranthus" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "Scleranthus"):
knawe; knawel; Scleranthus annuus (widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers)
Holonyms ("Scleranthus" is a member of...):
carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))
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