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AMERICAN TWINFLOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does American twinflower mean?
• AMERICAN TWINFLOWER (noun)
The noun AMERICAN TWINFLOWER has 1 sense:
1. similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia
Familiarity information: AMERICAN TWINFLOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American twinflower; Linnaea borealis americana
Hypernyms ("American twinflower" is a kind of...):
Linnaea borealis; twinflower (creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs)
Holonyms ("American twinflower" is a member of...):
genus Linnaea; Linnaea (one species: twinflower)
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