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GREAT SOLOMON'S-SEAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does great Solomon's-seal mean?
• GREAT SOLOMON'S-SEAL (noun)
The noun GREAT SOLOMON'S-SEAL has 1 sense:
1. North American perennial herb with smooth foliage and drooping tubular greenish flowers
Familiarity information: GREAT SOLOMON'S-SEAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American perennial herb with smooth foliage and drooping tubular greenish flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
great Solomon's-seal; Polygonatum biflorum; Polygonatum commutatum
Hypernyms ("great Solomon's-seal" is a kind of...):
Solomon's-seal (any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal)
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