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COMMON AMSINCKIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common amsinckia mean?
• COMMON AMSINCKIA (noun)
The noun COMMON AMSINCKIA has 1 sense:
1. annual of western United States with coiled spikes of yellow-orange coiled flowers
Familiarity information: COMMON AMSINCKIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual of western United States with coiled spikes of yellow-orange coiled flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Amsinckia intermedia; common amsinckia
Hypernyms ("common amsinckia" 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)
Holonyms ("common amsinckia" is a member of...):
Amsinckia; genus Amsinckia (rough annual herbs of Europe and the Americas: fiddlenecks)
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