PARTHENIUM INTEGRIFOLIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns

Synonyms:

American feverfew; Parthenium integrifolium; prairie dock; wild quinine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Parthenium integrifolium" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("Parthenium integrifolium" is a member of...):

genus Parthenium; Parthenium (small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers)

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