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LADY'S TOBACCO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lady's tobacco mean?
• LADY'S TOBACCO (noun)
The noun LADY'S TOBACCO has 1 sense:
1. North American perennial propagated by means of runners
Familiarity information: LADY'S TOBACCO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American perennial propagated by means of runners
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Antennaria plantaginifolia; ladies' tobacco; lady's tobacco
Hypernyms ("lady's tobacco" 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 ("lady's tobacco" is a member of...):
Antennaria; genus Antennaria (small woolly perennial herbs having small whitish discoid flowers surrounded by a ring of club-shaped bristles)
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