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BRUCKENTHALIA SPICULIFOLIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bruckenthalia spiculifolia mean?
• BRUCKENTHALIA SPICULIFOLIA (noun)
The noun BRUCKENTHALIA SPICULIFOLIA has 1 sense:
1. small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
Familiarity information: BRUCKENTHALIA SPICULIFOLIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BRUCKENTHALIA SPICULIFOLIA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia; spike heath
Hypernyms ("Bruckenthalia spiculifolia" is a kind of...):
heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)
Holonyms ("Bruckenthalia spiculifolia" is a member of...):
Bruckenthalia; genus Bruckenthalia (a genus containing only one species: spike heath)
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