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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 floretsplay

  Familiarity information: PRAIRIE SAGEWORT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRAIRIE SAGEWORT (noun)


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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