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SALAD BURNET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leaves sometimes used for salad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("salad burnet" is a kind of...):
salad green; salad greens (greens suitable for eating uncooked as in salads)
Holonyms ("salad burnet" is a part of...):
burnet bloodwort; pimpernel; Poterium sanguisorba; salad burnet (European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads)
Sense 2
Meaning:
European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads
Synonyms:
burnet bloodwort; pimpernel; Poterium sanguisorba; salad burnet
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("salad burnet" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Meronyms (parts of "salad burnet"):
salad burnet (leaves sometimes used for salad)
Holonyms ("salad burnet" is a member of...):
genus Poterium; Poterium (a genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae)
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