SILPHIUM LACINIATUM

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Meaning:

North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers

Synonyms:

rosinweed; Silphium laciniatum

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Silphium laciniatum" is a kind of...):

compass flower; compass plant (any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass)

Holonyms ("Silphium laciniatum" is a member of...):

genus Silphium; Silphium (tall North American perennial herbs)

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