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SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Santolina chamaecyparissus mean?
• SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS (noun)
The noun SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS has 1 sense:
1. branching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems and leaves and yellow flowers
Familiarity information: SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Branching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems and leaves and yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
lavender cotton; Santolina chamaecyparissus
Hypernyms ("Santolina chamaecyparissus" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Santolina chamaecyparissus" is a member of...):
genus Santolina; Santolina (genus of Mediterranean subshrubs with rayless flower heads)
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