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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 buttercups
Familiarity information: MEADOW BRIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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