SULLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sulla mean? 

• SULLA (noun)
  The noun SULLA has 2 senses:

1. perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop

2. Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC)

  Familiarity information: SULLA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SULLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

French honeysuckle; Hedysarum coronarium; sulla

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

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

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

genus Hedysarum; Hedysarum (genus of herbs of north temperate regions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix; Sulla

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)