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BREWER'S MOUNTAIN HEATHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brewer's mountain heather mean? 

BREWER'S MOUNTAIN HEATHER (noun)
  The noun BREWER'S MOUNTAIN HEATHER has 1 sense:

1. semi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: BREWER'S MOUNTAIN HEATHER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BREWER'S MOUNTAIN HEATHER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Semi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brewer's mountain heather; Phyllodoce breweri; purple heather

Hypernyms ("Brewer's mountain heather" is a kind of...):

heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)

Holonyms ("Brewer's mountain heather" is a member of...):

genus Phyllodoce; Phyllodoce (small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubs)


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