Definitions for xeranthemum

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. xeranthemum(noun)

    any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers

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  1. xeranthemum(Noun)

    Any of the genus Xeranthemum of flowering plants native to Southern Europe.

    Xeranthemums have silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers.

  2. Origin: From the genus name.


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