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GREAT KNAPWEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does great knapweed mean?
• GREAT KNAPWEED (noun)
The noun GREAT KNAPWEED has 1 sense:
1. tall European perennial having purple flower heads
Familiarity information: GREAT KNAPWEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall European perennial having purple flower heads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Centaurea scabiosa; great knapweed; greater knapweed
Hypernyms ("great knapweed" is a kind of...):
knapweed (any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers)
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