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BOYKINIA ELATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Boykinia elata mean?
• BOYKINIA ELATA (noun)
The noun BOYKINIA ELATA has 1 sense:
1. plant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers; western North America
Familiarity information: BOYKINIA ELATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers; western North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Boykinia elata; Boykinia occidentalis; coast boykinia
Hypernyms ("Boykinia elata" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("Boykinia elata" is a member of...):
Boykinia; genus Boykinia (genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles; North America; Japan)
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