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HUMMING BIRD'S TRUMPET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does humming bird's trumpet mean? 

HUMMING BIRD'S TRUMPET (noun)
  The noun HUMMING BIRD'S TRUMPET has 1 sense:

1. shrublet of southwestern United States to Mexico having brilliant scarlet flowersplay

  Familiarity information: HUMMING BIRD'S TRUMPET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HUMMING BIRD'S TRUMPET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrublet of southwestern United States to Mexico having brilliant scarlet flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

California fuchsia; Epilobium canum canum; humming bird's trumpet; Zauschneria californica

Hypernyms ("humming bird's trumpet" is a kind of...):

shrublet (dwarf shrub)

Holonyms ("humming bird's trumpet" is a member of...):

Epilobium; genus Epilobium (large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas)


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