English noun: compass plant |
1. | compass plant (plant) North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers |
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| Synonyms | Lotus americanus, prairie bird's-foot trefoil, prairie lotus, prairie trefoil |
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| Broader (hypernym) | subshrub, suffrutex |
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2. | compass plant (plant) any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass |
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| Synonyms | compass flower |
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| Broader (hypernym) | composite, composite plant |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | horse thistle, Lactuca scariola, Lactuca serriola, prickly lettuce, rosinweed, Silphium laciniatum |
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| Member meronym | aster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae |
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