SNOW-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk

Synonyms:

Euphorbia marginata; ghost weed; snow-in-summer; snow-on-the-mountain

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("snow-on-the-mountain" is a kind of...):

spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)

Holonyms ("snow-on-the-mountain" is a member of...):

Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)

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