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SCOPOLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scopolia mean? 

SCOPOLIA (noun)
  The noun SCOPOLIA has 1 sense:

1. genus of European perennial herbs yielding medicinal alkaloidsplay

  Familiarity information: SCOPOLIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCOPOLIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of European perennial herbs yielding medicinal alkaloids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Scopolia; Scopolia

Hypernyms ("Scopolia" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Scopolia"):

Scopolia carniolica (herb that is a source of scopolamine)

Holonyms ("Scopolia" is a member of...):

family Solanaceae; potato family; Solanaceae (large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra)


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