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ROSE-ROOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rose-root mean?
• ROSE-ROOT (noun)
The noun ROSE-ROOT has 1 sense:
1. Eurasian mountain plant with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers
Familiarity information: ROSE-ROOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eurasian mountain plant with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
midsummer-men; rose-root; Sedum rosea
Hypernyms ("rose-root" is a kind of...):
sedum (any of various plants of the genus Sedum)
Holonyms ("rose-root" is a member of...):
genus Sedum (large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves)
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