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PARTHENIUM INTEGRIFOLIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Parthenium integrifolium mean?
• PARTHENIUM INTEGRIFOLIUM (noun)
The noun PARTHENIUM INTEGRIFOLIUM has 1 sense:
1. stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns
Familiarity information: PARTHENIUM INTEGRIFOLIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PARTHENIUM INTEGRIFOLIUM (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American feverfew; Parthenium integrifolium; prairie dock; wild quinine
Hypernyms ("Parthenium integrifolium" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("Parthenium integrifolium" is a member of...):
genus Parthenium; Parthenium (small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers)
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