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ASTER NOVAE-ANGLIAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Aster novae-angliae mean?
• ASTER NOVAE-ANGLIAE (noun)
The noun ASTER NOVAE-ANGLIAE has 1 sense:
1. common perennial of eastern North America having showy purplish flowers; a parent of the Michaelmas daisy
Familiarity information: ASTER NOVAE-ANGLIAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common perennial of eastern North America having showy purplish flowers; a parent of the Michaelmas daisy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Aster novae-angliae; New England aster
Hypernyms ("Aster novae-angliae" is a kind of...):
aster (any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers)
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