FROELICHIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Froelichia mean? • FROELICHIA (noun)
The noun FROELICHIA has 1 sense:
1. genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed
Familiarity information: FROELICHIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FROELICHIA (noun)
Meaning:
Genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Froelichia; genus Froelichia
Hypernyms ("Froelichia" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "Froelichia"):
cottonweed (any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers)
Holonyms ("Froelichia" is a member of...):
amaranth family; Amaranthaceae; family Amaranthaceae (cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs)
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