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BRYANTHUS TAXIFOLIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bryanthus taxifolius mean? 

BRYANTHUS TAXIFOLIUS (noun)
  The noun BRYANTHUS TAXIFOLIUS has 1 sense:

1. small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: BRYANTHUS TAXIFOLIUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRYANTHUS TAXIFOLIUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bryanthus taxifolius; mountain heath; Phyllodoce caerulea

Hypernyms ("Bryanthus taxifolius" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Bryanthus taxifolius" is a member of...):

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


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