PRAIRIE SAGEWORT

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Meaning:

Silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets

Synonyms:

Artemisia frigida; prairie sagewort; wormwood sage

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Hypernyms ("prairie sagewort" is a kind of...):

wormwood (any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium)

Holonyms ("prairie sagewort" is a member of...):

genus Artemisia (usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood; sagebrush; mugwort; tarragon)

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