SOLOMON'S-SEAL

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

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLOMON'S-SEAL (noun)

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Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting plants

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

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Solomon's-seal"):

great Solomon's-seal; Polygonatum biflorum; Polygonatum commutatum (North American perennial herb with smooth foliage and drooping tubular greenish flowers)

Holonyms ("Solomon's-seal" is a member of...):

genus Polygonatum; Polygonatum (sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae)