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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 dye
Familiarity information: SERRATULA TINCTORIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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