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SHEEP PLANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sheep plant mean?
• SHEEP PLANT (noun)
The noun SHEEP PLANT has 2 senses:
1. perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage
2. cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs
Familiarity information: SHEEP PLANT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Raoulia australis; Raoulia lutescens; sheep plant; vegetable sheep
Hypernyms ("sheep plant" 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 ("sheep plant" is a member of...):
genus Raoulia; Raoulia (genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants; in some classifications includes species placed in genus Haastia)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Haastia pulvinaris; sheep plant; vegetable sheep
Hypernyms ("sheep plant" 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 ("sheep plant" is a member of...):
genus Haastia; Haastia (genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep)
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