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STONE PARSLEY

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Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Seseli having dense umbels of small white or pink flowers and finely divided foliage

Synonyms:

moon carrot; stone parsley

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("stone parsley" 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 ("stone parsley" is a member of...):

genus Seseli; Seseli (a rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A slender roadside herb of western Europe and Mediterranean areas that has foliage resembling parsley and has white flowers with aromatic seeds

Synonyms:

Sison amomum; stone parsley

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("stone parsley" 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 ("stone parsley" is a member of...):

genus Sison; Sison (genus including stone parsley)

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