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ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS

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Meaning:

Aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning

Synonyms:

Anethum graveolens; dill

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Anethum graveolens" 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)

Meronyms (parts of "Anethum graveolens"):

dill; dill weed (aromatic threadlike foliage of the dill plant used as seasoning)

dill seed (seed of the dill plant used as seasoning)

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