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xeranthemum

xeranthemum noun: any of the genus Xeranthemum of flowering plants native to Southern Europe.

xeranthemum: any of the genus Xeranthemum of flowering plants native to Southern Europe
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Noun

xeranthemum (plural xeranthemums)

  1. Any of the genus Xeranthemum of flowering plants native to Southern Europe.
    • Xeranthemums have silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers.

Forms of xeranthemum

pluralxeranthemums

Origin of xeranthemum

From taxonomic name Xeranthemum.

Questions about xeranthemum

What does xeranthemum mean?
Xeranthemum means any of the genus Xeranthemum of flowering plants native to Southern Europe.
What part of speech is xeranthemum?
Xeranthemum is a noun.
What is the plural of xeranthemum?
The plural of xeranthemum is xeranthemums.

Words near xeranthemum in the dictionary

  1. xeralfs
  2. xerand
  3. xerands
  4. xeranses
  5. xeransis
  6. xeranthemum
  7. xeranthemums
  8. xerantic
  9. xerapheen
  10. xerapheens
  11. xeraphim

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