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HYMENOXYS ACAULIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hymenoxys acaulis mean? 

HYMENOXYS ACAULIS (noun)
  The noun HYMENOXYS ACAULIS has 1 sense:

1. perennial having tufted basal leaves and short leafless stalks each bearing a solitary yellow flower head; dry hillsides and plains of west central North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: HYMENOXYS ACAULIS used as a noun is very rare.


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HYMENOXYS ACAULIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial having tufted basal leaves and short leafless stalks each bearing a solitary yellow flower head; dry hillsides and plains of west central North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hymenoxys acaulis; stemless hymenoxys; Tetraneuris acaulis

Hypernyms ("Hymenoxys acaulis" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("Hymenoxys acaulis" is a member of...):

genus Tetraneuris; Tetraneuris (genus of hairy yellow-flowered plants of the western United States)


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