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    VIRGINIA COWSLIP

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Smooth erect herb of eastern North America having entire leaves and showy blue flowers that are pink in budplay

    Synonyms:

    Mertensia virginica; Virginia bluebell; Virginia cowslip

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Virginia cowslip" 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 ("Virginia cowslip" is a member of...):

    genus Mertensia; Mertensia (a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels)

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