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BOCCONIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers
Synonyms:
bocconia; Bocconia frutescens; tree celandine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bocconia" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("bocconia" is a member of...):
genus Bocconia (tropical American trees or shrubs closely related to genus Macleaya)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers
Synonyms:
bocconia; Macleaya cordata; plume poppy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("bocconia" is a kind of...):
poppy (annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers)
Holonyms ("bocconia" is a member of...):
genus Macleaya; Macleaya (a perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy)
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