HOARY ALISON

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Meaning:

Tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods; naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weed

Synonyms:

Berteroa incana; hoary alison; hoary alyssum

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("hoary alison" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("hoary alison" is a member of...):

Berteroa; genus Berteroa (hoary alyssum)

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