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SCOLYMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Scolymus mean?
• SCOLYMUS (noun)
The noun SCOLYMUS has 1 sense:
1. small genus of thistlelike herbs of the Mediterranean region
Familiarity information: SCOLYMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of thistlelike herbs of the Mediterranean region
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Scolymus; Scolymus
Hypernyms ("Scolymus" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Scolymus"):
golden thistle (any of several spiny Mediterranean herbs of the genus Scolymus having yellow flower heads)
Holonyms ("Scolymus" 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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