Akademik

Lappula

noun

stickweed; beggar's lice

• Syn: ↑Hackelia, ↑genus Hackelia, ↑genus Lappula

• Hypernyms: ↑plant genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Boraginaceae, ↑family Boraginaceae, ↑borage family

• Member Meronyms: ↑beggar's lice, ↑beggar lice

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\\ˈlapyələ\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin lappa burr + -ula

: a large genus of rough-pubescent herbs (family Boraginaceae) found in temperate regions having small flowers in terminal racemes and nutlets armed with barbed prickles — see stickseed

Useful english dictionary. 2012.