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BURNET BLOODWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does burnet bloodwort mean? 

BURNET BLOODWORT (noun)
  The noun BURNET BLOODWORT has 1 sense:

1. European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for saladsplay

  Familiarity information: BURNET BLOODWORT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BURNET BLOODWORT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

burnet bloodwort; pimpernel; Poterium sanguisorba; salad burnet

Hypernyms ("burnet bloodwort" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "burnet bloodwort"):

salad burnet (leaves sometimes used for salad)

Holonyms ("burnet bloodwort" is a member of...):

genus Poterium; Poterium (a genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae)


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