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    LINNAEA BOREALIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairsplay

    Synonyms:

    Linnaea borealis; twinflower

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Linnaea borealis" is a kind of...):

    subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

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

    American twinflower; Linnaea borealis americana (similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia)

    Holonyms ("Linnaea borealis" is a member of...):

    genus Linnaea; Linnaea (one species: twinflower)

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