GLAUX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Glaux mean? 

• GLAUX (noun)
  The noun GLAUX has 1 sense:

1. sea milkwort

  Familiarity information: GLAUX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLAUX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sea milkwort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Glaux; Glaux

Hypernyms ("Glaux" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Glaux"):

black saltwort; Glaux maritima; sea milkwort; sea trifoly (a small fleshy herb common along North American seashores and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowers)

Holonyms ("Glaux" is a member of...):

family Primulaceae; primrose family; Primulaceae (a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere)