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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 Californiaplay

  Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN PRIDE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOUNTAIN PRIDE (noun)


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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