GERARDIA PEDICULARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gerardia pedicularia mean? 

• GERARDIA PEDICULARIA (noun)
  The noun GERARDIA PEDICULARIA has 1 sense:

1. multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia

  Familiarity information: GERARDIA PEDICULARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GERARDIA PEDICULARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aureolaria pedicularia; false foxglove; Gerardia pedicularia

Hypernyms ("Gerardia pedicularia" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Gerardia pedicularia" is a member of...):

Aureolaria; genus Aureolaria (small genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia)