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MEADOW BRIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meadow bright mean? 

MEADOW BRIGHT (noun)
  The noun MEADOW BRIGHT has 1 sense:

1. swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercupsplay

  Familiarity information: MEADOW BRIGHT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MEADOW BRIGHT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Caltha palustris; cowslip; kingcup; marsh marigold; May blob; meadow bright; water dragon

Hypernyms ("meadow bright" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Holonyms ("meadow bright" is a member of...):

Caltha; genus Caltha (a genus of Caltha)


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