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XERANTHEMUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does xeranthemum mean? 

XERANTHEMUM (noun)
  The noun XERANTHEMUM has 1 sense:

1. any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowersplay

  Familiarity information: XERANTHEMUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


XERANTHEMUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("xeranthemum" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("xeranthemum" is a member of...):

genus Xeranthemum (genus of annual densely hairy herbs of Mediterranean to southwestern Asia)


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