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GOLD OF PLEASURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual European false flax having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America
Synonyms:
Camelina sativa; gold of pleasure
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gold of pleasure" is a kind of...):
crucifer; cruciferous plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae)
Holonyms ("gold of pleasure" is a member of...):
Camelina; false flax; genus Camelina (annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia)