CATANANCHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does catananche mean? 

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

1. any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATANANCHE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "catananche"):

blue succory; Catananche caerulea; cupid's dart (south European plant having dark-eyed flowers with flat blue rays)

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

genus Catananche (genus of Mediterranean herbs: cupid's dart)