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noun
Nigella damascena, an annual flowering plant of the genus Nigella, the blooms of which are generally blue in colour, though also found in shades of pink, white or pale purple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
European garden plant having finely cut leaves and white or pale blue flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Nigella damascena
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nigella
noun
chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: snow-in-summer, Cerastium tomentosum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mouse-ear chickweed, mouse eared chickweed, mouse ear, clammy chickweed, chickweed
noun
tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: running pop, wild water lemon, Passiflora foetida
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: passionflower, passionflower vine
History
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