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SAUSSUREA LAPPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saussurea lappa mean? 

SAUSSUREA LAPPA (noun)
  The noun SAUSSUREA LAPPA has 1 sense:

1. annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving fursplay

  Familiarity information: SAUSSUREA LAPPA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SAUSSUREA LAPPA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

costusroot; Saussurea costus; Saussurea lappa

Hypernyms ("Saussurea lappa" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Saussurea lappa" is a member of...):

genus Saussurea; Saussurea (genus of herbs of temperate and cool regions of Eurasia)


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