BARRENWORT

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Meaning:

Slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover

Synonyms:

barrenwort; bishop's hat; Epimedium grandiflorum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("barrenwort" 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 ("barrenwort" is a member of...):

Epimedium; genus Epimedium (herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia)

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