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DAVIDSON'S PENSTEMON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Davidson's penstemon mean?
• DAVIDSON'S PENSTEMON (noun)
The noun DAVIDSON'S PENSTEMON has 1 sense:
1. mat-forming plant with blue and lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California
Familiarity information: DAVIDSON'S PENSTEMON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mat-forming plant with blue and lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Davidson's penstemon; Penstemon davidsonii
Hypernyms ("Davidson's penstemon" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("Davidson's penstemon" is a member of...):
genus Penstemon; Penstemon (large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America)
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