SNOW-IN-SUMMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snow-in-summer mean? 

• SNOW-IN-SUMMER (noun)
  The noun SNOW-IN-SUMMER has 2 senses:

1. annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk

2. chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers

  Familiarity information: SNOW-IN-SUMMER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNOW-IN-SUMMER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Euphorbia marginata; ghost weed; snow-in-summer; snow-on-the-mountain

Hypernyms ("snow-in-summer" is a kind of...):

spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)

Holonyms ("snow-in-summer" is a member of...):

Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cerastium tomentosum; love-in-a-mist; snow-in-summer

Hypernyms ("snow-in-summer" is a kind of...):

chickweed; clammy chickweed; mouse-ear chickweed; mouse ear; mouse eared chickweed (any of various plants related to the common chickweed)