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GLAUCIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Glaucium mean?
• GLAUCIUM (noun)
The noun GLAUCIUM has 1 sense:
1. herbs of Europe and North Africa and Asia: horned poppy
Familiarity information: GLAUCIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herbs of Europe and North Africa and Asia: horned poppy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Glaucium; Glaucium
Hypernyms ("Glaucium" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Glaucium"):
Glaucium flavum; horn poppy; horned poppy; sea poppy; yellow horned poppy (yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North America)
Holonyms ("Glaucium" 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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