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HIPPOCREPIS COMOSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hippocrepis comosa mean? 

HIPPOCREPIS COMOSA (noun)
  The noun HIPPOCREPIS COMOSA has 1 sense:

1. European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped jointsplay

  Familiarity information: HIPPOCREPIS COMOSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIPPOCREPIS COMOSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hippocrepis comosa; horseshoe vetch

Hypernyms ("Hippocrepis comosa" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)


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