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    HELIANTHEMUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regionsplay

    Synonyms:

    helianthemum; sun rose; sunrose

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "helianthemum"):

    Crocanthemum canadense; frost-weed; frostweed; frostwort; Helianthemum canadense (perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts)

    rock rose; rockrose (any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers)

    Helianthemum scoparium; rush rose (woody yellow-flowered perennial of southeastern United States)

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

    genus Helianthemum (widely distributed evergreen or semi-evergreen shrublets; America; Europe and North Africa to Asia Minor and central Asia)

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