AUREOLARIA VIRGINICA

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Meaning:

Sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia

Synonyms:

Aureolaria virginica; false foxglove; Gerardia virginica

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Aureolaria virginica" 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 ("Aureolaria virginica" is a member of...):

Aureolaria; genus Aureolaria (small genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia)

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