CALTHA PALUSTRIS

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Meaning:

Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups

Synonyms:

Caltha palustris; cowslip; kingcup; marsh marigold; May blob; meadow bright; water dragon

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Caltha palustris" is a kind of...):

bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)

Holonyms ("Caltha palustris" is a member of...):

Caltha; genus Caltha (a genus of Caltha)

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