English Dictionary |
COMANDRA PALLIDA
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does Comandra pallida mean?
• COMANDRA PALLIDA (noun)
The noun COMANDRA PALLIDA has 1 sense:
1. woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers
Familiarity information: COMANDRA PALLIDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bastard toadflax; Comandra pallida
Hypernyms ("Comandra pallida" is a kind of...):
parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)
Holonyms ("Comandra pallida" is a member of...):
Comandra; genus Comandra (small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Who starts making the dough, will also cook." (Albanian proverb)
"Don't count the teeth of a gift horse." (Armenian proverb)
"The best helmsmen stand on shore" (Dutch proverb)