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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 flowersplay

  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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