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CALTHA PALUSTRIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
Synonyms:
Caltha palustris; cowslip; kingcup; marsh marigold; May blob; meadow bright; water dragon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Caltha palustris" is a kind of...):
bog plant; marsh plant; swamp plant (a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath)
Holonyms ("Caltha palustris" is a member of...):
Caltha; genus Caltha (a genus of Caltha)