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FELWORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does felwort mean?
• FELWORT (noun)
The noun FELWORT has 1 sense:
1. gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas
Familiarity information: FELWORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
felwort; gentianella amarella
Hypernyms ("felwort" is a kind of...):
gentian (any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis)
Holonyms ("felwort" is a member of...):
Gentianella; genus Gentianella (genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana)
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