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MOUNTAIN PRIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain pride mean?
• MOUNTAIN PRIDE (noun)
The noun MOUNTAIN PRIDE has 1 sense:
1. mat-forming plant with deep pink flowers on short erect leafy stems; rocky places at high elevations from Oregon to California
Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN PRIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mat-forming plant with deep pink flowers on short erect leafy stems; rocky places at high elevations from Oregon to California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
mountain pride; Penstemon newberryi
Hypernyms ("mountain pride" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("mountain pride" is a member of...):
genus Penstemon; Penstemon (large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America)
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