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ASPERULA TINCTORIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Asperula tinctoria mean?
• ASPERULA TINCTORIA (noun)
The noun ASPERULA TINCTORIA has 1 sense:
1. creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing
Familiarity information: ASPERULA TINCTORIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Asperula tinctoria; dyer's woodruff
Hypernyms ("Asperula tinctoria" is a kind of...):
woodruff (any plant of the genus Asperula)
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