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BRIDAL-WREATH

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Dictionary entry overview: What does bridal-wreath mean?

• BRIDAL-WREATH (noun)
The noun BRIDAL-WREATH has 2 senses:

1. Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers
2. shrub having copious small white flowers in spring

Familiarity information: BRIDAL-WREATH used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BRIDAL-WREATH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bridal wreath; bridal-wreath; Francoa ramosa

Hypernyms ("bridal-wreath" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)

Holonyms ("bridal-wreath" is a member of...):

Francoa; genus Francoa (perennial evergreen herbs with white or pink flowers; Chile)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Shrub having copious small white flowers in spring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Saint Peter's wreath; Spiraea prunifolia; St. Peter's wreath; bridal wreath; bridal-wreath

Hypernyms ("bridal-wreath" is a kind of...):

spiraea; spirea (any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers)

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