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    HOARY ALISON

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods; naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weedplay

    Synonyms:

    Berteroa incana; hoary alison; hoary alyssum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("hoary alison" is a kind of...):

    herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

    Holonyms ("hoary alison" is a member of...):

    Berteroa; genus Berteroa (hoary alyssum)

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