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BESSEYA ALPINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Besseya alpina mean?
• BESSEYA ALPINA (noun)
The noun BESSEYA ALPINA has 1 sense:
1. small pale plant with dense spikes of pale bluish-violet flowers; of high cold meadows from Wyoming and Utah to New Mexico
Familiarity information: BESSEYA ALPINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small pale plant with dense spikes of pale bluish-violet flowers; of high cold meadows from Wyoming and Utah to New Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Alpine besseya; Besseya alpina
Hypernyms ("Besseya alpina" is a kind of...):
kitten-tails (a plant of the genus Besseya having fluffy spikes of flowers)
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