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COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe
Synonyms:
autumn crocus; Colchicum autumnale; meadow saffron; naked lady
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Colchicum autumnale" is a kind of...):
bulbous plant (plant growing from a bulb)
Holonyms ("Colchicum autumnale" is a member of...):
Colchicum; genus Colchicum (chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae)