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DESERT SAND VERBENA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does desert sand verbena mean?
• DESERT SAND VERBENA (noun)
The noun DESERT SAND VERBENA has 1 sense:
1. soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in sandy desert soil; after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico
Familiarity information: DESERT SAND VERBENA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in sandy desert soil; after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Abronia villosa; desert sand verbena
Hypernyms ("desert sand verbena" is a kind of...):
sand verbena (any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena)
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