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SILPHIUM LACINIATUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Silphium laciniatum mean? 

SILPHIUM LACINIATUM (noun)
  The noun SILPHIUM LACINIATUM has 1 sense:

1. North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: SILPHIUM LACINIATUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SILPHIUM LACINIATUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

rosinweed; Silphium laciniatum

Hypernyms ("Silphium laciniatum" is a kind of...):

compass flower; compass plant (any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass)

Holonyms ("Silphium laciniatum" is a member of...):

genus Silphium; Silphium (tall North American perennial herbs)


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