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AMBERBOA

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Meaning:

Herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers

Synonyms:

Amberboa; genus Amberboa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Amberboa"):

Amberboa moschata; Centaurea moschata; sweet sultan (Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea)

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

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)

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