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COMMON BOG ROSEMARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common bog rosemary mean?
• COMMON BOG ROSEMARY (noun)
The noun COMMON BOG ROSEMARY has 1 sense:
1. erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of sphagnum peat bogs and other wet acidic areas in northern Europe
Familiarity information: COMMON BOG ROSEMARY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of sphagnum peat bogs and other wet acidic areas in northern Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Andromeda polifolia; common bog rosemary; marsh andromeda
Hypernyms ("common bog rosemary" is a kind of...):
andromeda (any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers)
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