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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 runners
Familiarity information: ONONIS REPENS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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