ONONIS SPINOSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ononis spinosa mean? 

• ONONIS SPINOSA (noun)
  The noun ONONIS SPINOSA has 1 sense:

1. Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots

  Familiarity information: ONONIS SPINOSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONONIS SPINOSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ononis spinosa; rest-harrow; restharrow

Hypernyms ("Ononis spinosa" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Ononis spinosa" is a member of...):

genus Ononis; Ononis (genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrow)