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Serratula

noun

genus of Old World perennial herbs with spirally arranged toothed leaves

• Syn: ↑genus Serratula

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family

• Member Meronyms: ↑sawwort, ↑Serratula tinctoria

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\\seˈrachələ\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, betony, from serratus serrate + -ula

: a genus of Old World perennial herbs (family Compositae) with spirally arranged leaves that are not spiny and solitary or corymbose heads of tubular flowers — compare sandwort

Useful english dictionary. 2012.