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GREEK VALERIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers

Synonyms:

charity; Greek valerian; Jacob's ladder; Polemonium caeruleum; Polemonium van-bruntiae; Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Greek valerian" is a kind of...):

polemonium (any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Erect or spreading perennial of the eastern United States

Synonyms:

Greek valerian; Polemonium reptans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Greek valerian" is a kind of...):

polemonium (any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions)

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