XERANTHEMUM ANNUUM

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Meaning:

Mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere

Synonyms:

immortelle; Xeranthemum annuum

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Xeranthemum annuum" is a kind of...):

everlasting; everlasting flower (any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color)

Holonyms ("Xeranthemum annuum" is a member of...):

genus Xeranthemum (genus of annual densely hairy herbs of Mediterranean to southwestern Asia)

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