CALLUNA VULGARIS

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Meaning:

Common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

Synonyms:

broom; Calluna vulgaris; heather; ling; Scots heather

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Calluna vulgaris" is a kind of...):

heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)

Holonyms ("Calluna vulgaris" is a member of...):

Calluna; genus Calluna (one species)

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