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Meaning: Genus of North American herbs: columbo; includes some species sometimes placed in genus Swertia Classified under: Nouns denoting plants Synonyms: Frasera; genus Frasera Hypernyms ("Frasera" is a kind of...): dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination) Meronyms (members of "Frasera"): American columbo; American gentian; columbo; deer's-ear; deer's-ears; pyramid plant (any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington) Frasera speciosa; green gentian; Swertia speciosa (tall herb with panicles of white flowers flushed with green; northwestern United States; sometimes placed in genus Swertia) Holonyms ("Frasera" is a member of...): family Gentianaceae; gentian family; Gentianaceae (chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals) "A rolling stone gathers no moss." (English proverb) "He who gets the grace of the women is neither hungry nor thirsty" (Breton proverb) "The man who wanted to milk the male goat failed." (Arabic proverb) "No money, no Swiss." (Dutch proverb)
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