COMPTONIA PEREGRINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Comptonia peregrina mean? 

• COMPTONIA PEREGRINA (noun)
  The noun COMPTONIA PEREGRINA has 1 sense:

1. deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers

  Familiarity information: COMPTONIA PEREGRINA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPTONIA PEREGRINA (noun)

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Meaning:

Deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Comptonia asplenifolia; Comptonia peregrina; sweet fern

Hypernyms ("Comptonia peregrina" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Comptonia peregrina" is a member of...):

Comptonia; genus Comptonia (one species: sweet fern)