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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 flowersplay

  Familiarity information: ALPINE AZALEA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALPINE AZALEA (noun)


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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