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FROELICHIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed

Synonyms:

Froelichia; genus Froelichia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Froelichia"):

cottonweed (any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers)

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

amaranth family; Amaranthaceae; family Amaranthaceae (cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs)

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