SELF-HEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-heal mean? 

• SELF-HEAL (noun)
  The noun SELF-HEAL has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SELF-HEAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELF-HEAL (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

heal all; Prunella vulgaris; self-heal

Hypernyms ("self-heal" 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 ("self-heal" is a member of...):

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