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REST-HARROW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rest-harrow mean?
• REST-HARROW (noun)
The noun REST-HARROW has 2 senses:
1. Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots
2. European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners
Familiarity information: REST-HARROW used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Ononis spinosa; rest-harrow; restharrow
Hypernyms ("rest-harrow" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("rest-harrow" is a member of...):
genus Ononis; Ononis (genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrow)
Sense 2
Meaning:
European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Ononis repens; rest-harrow; restharrow
Hypernyms ("rest-harrow" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("rest-harrow" is a member of...):
genus Ononis; Ononis (genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrow)
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