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PETTY MOREL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does petty morel mean?
• PETTY MOREL (noun)
The noun PETTY MOREL has 1 sense:
1. unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico
Familiarity information: PETTY MOREL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American spikenard; Aralia racemosa; life-of-man; petty morel
Hypernyms ("petty morel" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("petty morel" is a member of...):
genus Aralia (type genus of Araliaceae; large widely distributed genus of shrubs and trees and vines: spikenard; Hercules'-club)
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