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CHECKERBLOOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does checkerbloom mean? 

CHECKERBLOOM (noun)
  The noun CHECKERBLOOM has 1 sense:

1. perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivatedplay

  Familiarity information: CHECKERBLOOM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHECKERBLOOM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

checkerbloom; Sidalcea malviflora; wild hollyhock

Hypernyms ("checkerbloom" is a kind of...):

mallow (any of various plants of the family Malvaceae)

Holonyms ("checkerbloom" is a member of...):

genus Sidalcea; Sidalcea (genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers)


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