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ONONIS REPENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ononis repens mean? 

ONONIS REPENS (noun)
  The noun ONONIS REPENS has 1 sense:

1. European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runnersplay

  Familiarity information: ONONIS REPENS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ONONIS REPENS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ononis repens; rest-harrow; restharrow

Hypernyms ("Ononis repens" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("Ononis repens" is a member of...):

genus Ononis; Ononis (genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrow)


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