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ARMERIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials
Synonyms:
Armeria; genus Armeria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Armeria" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Armeria"):
thrift (any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers)
Holonyms ("Armeria" is a member of...):
family Plumbaginaceae; leadwort family; Plumbaginaceae; sea-lavender family (perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas)