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HIPPOCREPIS COMOSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hippocrepis comosa mean?
• HIPPOCREPIS COMOSA (noun)
The noun HIPPOCREPIS COMOSA has 1 sense:
1. European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints
Familiarity information: HIPPOCREPIS COMOSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Hippocrepis comosa; horseshoe vetch
Hypernyms ("Hippocrepis comosa" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
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