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SANTOLINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Santolina mean? 

SANTOLINA (noun)
  The noun SANTOLINA has 1 sense:

1. genus of Mediterranean subshrubs with rayless flower headsplay

  Familiarity information: SANTOLINA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SANTOLINA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of Mediterranean subshrubs with rayless flower heads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Santolina; Santolina

Hypernyms ("Santolina" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Santolina"):

lavender cotton; Santolina chamaecyparissus (branching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems and leaves and yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("Santolina" is a member of...):

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)


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