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SULLA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC)

Synonyms:

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix; Sulla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop

Synonyms:

French honeysuckle; Hedysarum coronarium; sulla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

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

genus Hedysarum; Hedysarum (genus of herbs of north temperate regions)

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