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ARMERIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials

Synonyms:

Armeria; genus Armeria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Armeria"):

thrift (any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers)

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

family Plumbaginaceae; leadwort family; Plumbaginaceae; sea-lavender family (perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas)

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