POLYGONUM ORIENTALE

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Meaning:

Annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America

Synonyms:

kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate; Polygonum orientale; prince's-feather; prince's-plume; princess feather

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Polygonum orientale" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Polygonum orientale" is a member of...):

genus Polygonum; Polygonum (diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions)

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