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ALPINE AZALEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alpine azalea mean?
• ALPINE AZALEA (noun)
The noun ALPINE AZALEA has 1 sense:
1. creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers
Familiarity information: ALPINE AZALEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
alpine azalea; Loiseleuria procumbens; mountain azalea
Hypernyms ("alpine azalea" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("alpine azalea" is a member of...):
genus Loiseleuria; Loiseleuria (one species: alpine azalea)
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