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ASTRANTIA

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Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Astrantia

Synonyms:

astrantia; masterwort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("astrantia" 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)

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

Astrantia major; greater masterwort (European herb with aromatic roots and leaves in a basal tuft and showy compound umbels of white to rosy flowers)

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

genus Astrantia (a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Umbelliferae with aromatic roots and palmate leaves and showy flowers)

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