TOFIELDIA PUSILLA

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Meaning:

False asphodel having spikes of white flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe

Synonyms:

Scotch asphodel; Tofieldia pusilla

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Tofieldia pusilla" is a kind of...):

false asphodel (a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers)

Holonyms ("Tofieldia pusilla" is a member of...):

genus Tofieldia; Tofieldia (genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

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