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HEARTLEAF

• HEARTLEAF (noun)
The noun HEARTLEAF has 2 senses:

1. wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama
2. evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina

Familiarity information: HEARTLEAF used as a noun is rare.

• HEARTLEAF (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asarum shuttleworthii; heart-leaf; heartleaf

Hypernyms ("heartleaf" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("heartleaf" is a member of...):

Asarum; genus Asarum (wild ginger)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asarum virginicum; heart-leaf; heartleaf

Hypernyms ("heartleaf" is a kind of...):

wild ginger (low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomes)

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