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SNEEZEWORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sneezewort mean?
• SNEEZEWORT (noun)
The noun SNEEZEWORT has 1 sense:
1. Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered
Familiarity information: SNEEZEWORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Achillea ptarmica; sneezeweed yarrow; sneezewort
Hypernyms ("sneezewort" is a kind of...):
achillea (any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads)
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