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ROMAN WORMWOOD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria

Synonyms:

Corydalis sempervirens; Fumaria sempervirens; rock harlequin; Roman wormwood

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Roman wormwood" is a kind of...):

Corydalis; genus Corydalis (annual or perennial herbs of Himalayan China and South Africa)

Sense 2

Meaning:

European wormwood; minor source of absinthe

Synonyms:

Artemis pontica; Roman wormwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Roman wormwood" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Roman wormwood" 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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