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HAWK'S-BEARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hawk's-beard mean?
• HAWK'S-BEARD (noun)
The noun HAWK'S-BEARD has 1 sense:
1. any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere
Familiarity information: HAWK'S-BEARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("hawk's-beard" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("hawk's-beard" is a member of...):
Crepis; genus Crepis (hawk's-beard; cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere)
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