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SULLA

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

1. perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop
2. Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC)

Familiarity information: SULLA used as a noun is rare.

• SULLA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hedysarum coronarium; sulla; French honeysuckle

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

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

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

genus Hedysarum; Hedysarum (genus of herbs of north temperate regions)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix; Sulla

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

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Useful links:
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Definition of suffrutex
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Definition of Hedysarum
Definition of genus Hedysarum

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