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HOARY ALISON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hoary alison mean?
• HOARY ALISON (noun)
The noun HOARY ALISON has 1 sense:
1. tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods; naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weed
Familiarity information: HOARY ALISON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods; naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Berteroa incana; hoary alison; hoary alyssum
Hypernyms ("hoary alison" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("hoary alison" is a member of...):
Berteroa; genus Berteroa (hoary alyssum)
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