ACALYPHA VIRGINICA

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Meaning:

Weedy herb of eastern North America

Synonyms:

Acalypha virginica; three-seeded mercury

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Acalypha virginica" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Acalypha virginica" is a member of...):

Acalypha; genus Acalypha (a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae)

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