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PHLOMIS FRUTICOSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phlomis fruticosa mean? 

PHLOMIS FRUTICOSA (noun)
  The noun PHLOMIS FRUTICOSA has 1 sense:

1. a spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: PHLOMIS FRUTICOSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHLOMIS FRUTICOSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Jerusalem sage; Phlomis fruticosa

Hypernyms ("Phlomis fruticosa" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Phlomis fruticosa" is a member of...):

genus Phlomis (large genus of Old World aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs having often woolly leaves)


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