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SHEEP PLANT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs

Synonyms:

Haastia pulvinaris; sheep plant; vegetable sheep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sheep plant" 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)

Holonyms ("sheep plant" is a member of...):

genus Haastia; Haastia (genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage

Synonyms:

Raoulia australis; Raoulia lutescens; sheep plant; vegetable sheep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sheep plant" 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)

Holonyms ("sheep plant" is a member of...):

genus Raoulia; Raoulia (genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants; in some classifications includes species placed in genus Haastia)

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