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VACCARIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cow-cockles

Synonyms:

genus Vaccaria; Vaccaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Vaccaria"):

cow cockle; cowherb; Saponaria vaccaria; Vaccaria hispanica; Vaccaria pyramidata (European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort)

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

carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))

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