AMBERBOA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Amberboa mean? 

• AMBERBOA (noun)
  The noun AMBERBOA has 1 sense:

1. herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers

  Familiarity information: AMBERBOA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMBERBOA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amberboa; genus Amberboa

Hypernyms ("Amberboa" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Amberboa"):

Amberboa moschata; Centaurea moschata; sweet sultan (Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea)

Holonyms ("Amberboa" is a member of...):

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)