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LEPTARRHENA PYROLIFOLIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Leptarrhena pyrolifolia mean?
• LEPTARRHENA PYROLIFOLIA (noun)
The noun LEPTARRHENA PYROLIFOLIA has 1 sense:
1. plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho
Familiarity information: LEPTARRHENA PYROLIFOLIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LEPTARRHENA PYROLIFOLIA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
leatherleaf saxifrage; Leptarrhena pyrolifolia
Hypernyms ("Leptarrhena pyrolifolia" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("Leptarrhena pyrolifolia" is a member of...):
genus Leptarrhena; Leptarrhena (one species: leatherleaf saxifrage)
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