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MEDUSA'S HEAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weedy rye grass having long bristling awns
Synonyms:
Elymus caput-medusae; medusa's head
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("medusa's head" is a kind of...):
wild rye (any of several grasses of the genus Elymus)
Sense 2
Meaning:
African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches
Synonyms:
Euphorbia caput-medusae; Euphorbia medusae; medusa's head
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("medusa's head" is a kind of...):
spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)
Holonyms ("medusa's head" is a member of...):
Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)
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