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DENDROMECON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dendromecon mean?
• DENDROMECON (noun)
The noun DENDROMECON has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DENDROMECON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: bush poppy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dendromecon; genus Dendromecon
Hypernyms ("Dendromecon" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Dendromecon"):
bush poppy; tree poppy (evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("Dendromecon" is a member of...):
family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)
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