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PULSATILLA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers

Synonyms:

genus Pulsatilla; Pulsatilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Pulsatilla"):

pasque flower; pasqueflower (any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone)

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

buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)

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