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BELVEDERE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gazebo sited to command a fine view

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("belvedere" is a kind of...):

gazebo; summerhouse (a small roofed building affording shade and rest)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn

Synonyms:

Bassia scoparia; belvedere; burning bush; fire-bush; fire bush; Kochia scoparia; summer cypress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("belvedere" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

Bassia; genus Bassia; genus Kochia; Kochia (summer cypress)

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