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LIMONIUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sea lavender

Synonyms:

genus Limonium; Limonium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Limonium"):

marsh rosemary; sea lavender; statice (any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers)

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

family Plumbaginaceae; leadwort family; Plumbaginaceae; sea-lavender family (perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas)

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