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LIATRIS PYCNOSTACHYA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Liatris pycnostachya mean? 

LIATRIS PYCNOSTACHYA (noun)
  The noun LIATRIS PYCNOSTACHYA has 1 sense:

1. perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowersplay

  Familiarity information: LIATRIS PYCNOSTACHYA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LIATRIS PYCNOSTACHYA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dense blazing star; Liatris pycnostachya

Hypernyms ("Liatris pycnostachya" is a kind of...):

blazing star; button snakeroot; gay-feather; gayfeather; snakeroot (any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads)


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