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SHEPHERD'S CLOCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shepherd's clock mean?
• SHEPHERD'S CLOCK (noun)
The noun SHEPHERD'S CLOCK has 1 sense:
1. weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
Familiarity information: SHEPHERD'S CLOCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
goatsbeard; meadow salsify; shepherd's clock; Tragopogon pratensis
Hypernyms ("shepherd's clock" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("shepherd's clock" is a member of...):
genus Tragopogon; Tragopogon (genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads)
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