BOCCONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bocconia mean? 

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

1. herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers

2. small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers

  Familiarity information: BOCCONIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOCCONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bocconia; Macleaya cordata; plume poppy

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

poppy (annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers)

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

genus Macleaya; Macleaya (a perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bocconia; Bocconia frutescens; tree celandine

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

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

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

genus Bocconia (tropical American trees or shrubs closely related to genus Macleaya)