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    PRINCESS FEATHER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate; Polygonum orientale; prince's-feather; prince's-plume; princess feather

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("princess feather" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("princess feather" is a member of...):

    genus Polygonum; Polygonum (diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions)

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