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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 flowers
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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