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ACALYPHA VIRGINICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Acalypha virginica mean?
• ACALYPHA VIRGINICA (noun)
The noun ACALYPHA VIRGINICA has 1 sense:
1. weedy herb of eastern North America
Familiarity information: ACALYPHA VIRGINICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weedy herb of eastern North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Acalypha virginica; three-seeded mercury
Hypernyms ("Acalypha virginica" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Acalypha virginica" is a member of...):
Acalypha; genus Acalypha (a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae)
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