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TOFIELDIA PUSILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tofieldia pusilla mean? 

TOFIELDIA PUSILLA (noun)
  The noun TOFIELDIA PUSILLA has 1 sense:

1. false asphodel having spikes of white flowers; of mountainous regions of Europeplay

  Familiarity information: TOFIELDIA PUSILLA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOFIELDIA PUSILLA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

False asphodel having spikes of white flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Scotch asphodel; Tofieldia pusilla

Hypernyms ("Tofieldia pusilla" is a kind of...):

false asphodel (a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers)

Holonyms ("Tofieldia pusilla" is a member of...):

genus Tofieldia; Tofieldia (genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)


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