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VIRGINIA COWSLIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Virginia cowslip mean? 

VIRGINIA COWSLIP (noun)
  The noun VIRGINIA COWSLIP has 1 sense:

1. smooth erect herb of eastern North America having entire leaves and showy blue flowers that are pink in budplay

  Familiarity information: VIRGINIA COWSLIP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VIRGINIA COWSLIP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Smooth erect herb of eastern North America having entire leaves and showy blue flowers that are pink in bud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Mertensia virginica; Virginia bluebell; Virginia cowslip

Hypernyms ("Virginia cowslip" 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 ("Virginia cowslip" is a member of...):

genus Mertensia; Mertensia (a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels)


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