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BOCCONIA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers

Synonyms:

bocconia; Bocconia frutescens; tree celandine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

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

genus Bocconia (tropical American trees or shrubs closely related to genus Macleaya)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers

Synonyms:

bocconia; Macleaya cordata; plume poppy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

poppy (annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers)

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

genus Macleaya; Macleaya (a perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy)

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