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XERANTHEMUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does xeranthemum mean?
• XERANTHEMUM (noun)
The noun XERANTHEMUM has 1 sense:
1. any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers
Familiarity information: XERANTHEMUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("xeranthemum" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("xeranthemum" is a member of...):
genus Xeranthemum (genus of annual densely hairy herbs of Mediterranean to southwestern Asia)
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