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WINTER HELIOTROPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
European herb with vanilla-scented white-pink flowers
Synonyms:
Petasites fragrans; sweet coltsfoot; winter heliotrope
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("winter heliotrope" 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 ("winter heliotrope" is a member of...):
genus Petasites; Petasites (genus of rhizomatous herbs of north temperate regions: butterbur; sweet coltsfoot)