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ALPINE GOLD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alpine gold mean?
• ALPINE GOLD (noun)
The noun ALPINE GOLD has 1 sense:
1. low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays; northwestern United States
Familiarity information: ALPINE GOLD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays; northwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
alpine gold; alpine hulsea; Hulsea algida
Hypernyms ("alpine gold" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("alpine gold" is a member of...):
genus Hulsea; Hulsea (small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs; Pacific coast of the northwestern United States)
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