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GREEK VALERIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers
Synonyms:
charity; Greek valerian; Jacob's ladder; Polemonium caeruleum; Polemonium van-bruntiae; Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Greek valerian" is a kind of...):
polemonium (any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Erect or spreading perennial of the eastern United States
Synonyms:
Greek valerian; Polemonium reptans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Greek valerian" is a kind of...):
polemonium (any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions)