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GREAT SOLOMON'S-SEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does great Solomon's-seal mean? 

GREAT SOLOMON'S-SEAL (noun)
  The noun GREAT SOLOMON'S-SEAL has 1 sense:

1. North American perennial herb with smooth foliage and drooping tubular greenish flowersplay

  Familiarity information: GREAT SOLOMON'S-SEAL used as a noun is very rare.


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GREAT SOLOMON'S-SEAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

North American perennial herb with smooth foliage and drooping tubular greenish flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

great Solomon's-seal; Polygonatum biflorum; Polygonatum commutatum

Hypernyms ("great Solomon's-seal" is a kind of...):

Solomon's-seal (any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal)


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