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HELIANTHEMUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions
Synonyms:
helianthemum; sun rose; sunrose
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("helianthemum" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "helianthemum"):
Crocanthemum canadense; frost-weed; frostweed; frostwort; Helianthemum canadense (perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts)
rock rose; rockrose (any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers)
Helianthemum scoparium; rush rose (woody yellow-flowered perennial of southeastern United States)
Holonyms ("helianthemum" is a member of...):
genus Helianthemum (widely distributed evergreen or semi-evergreen shrublets; America; Europe and North Africa to Asia Minor and central Asia)