AMSONIA TABERNAEMONTANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Amsonia tabernaemontana mean? 

• AMSONIA TABERNAEMONTANA (noun)
  The noun AMSONIA TABERNAEMONTANA has 1 sense:

1. subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes

  Familiarity information: AMSONIA TABERNAEMONTANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMSONIA TABERNAEMONTANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amsonia tabernaemontana; blue star

Hypernyms ("Amsonia tabernaemontana" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("Amsonia tabernaemontana" is a member of...):

Amsonia; genus Amsonia (genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America)