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SALAD BURNET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leaves sometimes used for salad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("salad burnet" is a kind of...):

salad green; salad greens (greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads)

Holonyms ("salad burnet" is a part of...):

burnet bloodwort; pimpernel; Poterium sanguisorba; salad burnet (European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads)

Sense 2

Meaning:

European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads

Synonyms:

burnet bloodwort; pimpernel; Poterium sanguisorba; salad burnet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("salad burnet" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "salad burnet"):

salad burnet (leaves sometimes used for salad)

Holonyms ("salad burnet" is a member of...):

genus Poterium; Poterium (a genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae)

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