SELF-HEAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does self-heal mean? • SELF-HEAL (noun)
The noun SELF-HEAL has 1 sense:
1. decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America
Familiarity information: SELF-HEAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SELF-HEAL (noun)
Meaning:
Decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
heal all; Prunella vulgaris; self-heal
Hypernyms ("self-heal" 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 ("self-heal" is a member of...):
genus Prunella; Prunella (small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers)
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