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SCLERANTHUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel

Synonyms:

genus Scleranthus; Scleranthus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Scleranthus"):

knawe; knawel; Scleranthus annuus (widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers)

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

carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))

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