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THROATWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does throatwort mean? 

THROATWORT (noun)
  The noun THROATWORT has 1 sense:

1. European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throatplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


THROATWORT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Campanula trachelium; nettle-leaved bellflower; throatwort

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

bellflower; campanula (any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers)


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