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SERRATULA TINCTORIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Serratula tinctoria mean? 

SERRATULA TINCTORIA (noun)
  The noun SERRATULA TINCTORIA has 1 sense:

1. European perennial whose serrate leaves yield a yellow dyeplay

  Familiarity information: SERRATULA TINCTORIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SERRATULA TINCTORIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European perennial whose serrate leaves yield a yellow dye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

sawwort; Serratula tinctoria

Hypernyms ("Serratula tinctoria" 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 ("Serratula tinctoria" is a member of...):

genus Serratula; Serratula (genus of Old World perennial herbs with spirally arranged toothed leaves)


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