THROATWORT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat

Synonyms:

Campanula trachelium; nettle-leaved bellflower; throatwort

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Nouns denoting plants

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

bellflower; campanula (any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers)

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