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PRAIRIE SAGEWORT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie sagewort mean?
• PRAIRIE SAGEWORT (noun)
The noun PRAIRIE SAGEWORT has 1 sense:
1. silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets
Familiarity information: PRAIRIE SAGEWORT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Artemisia frigida; prairie sagewort; wormwood sage
Hypernyms ("prairie sagewort" is a kind of...):
wormwood (any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium)
Holonyms ("prairie sagewort" is a member of...):
genus Artemisia (usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood; sagebrush; mugwort; tarragon)
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