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NARROW-LEAF PENSTEMON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does narrow-leaf penstemon mean?
• NARROW-LEAF PENSTEMON (noun)
The noun NARROW-LEAF PENSTEMON has 1 sense:
1. plant having small narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers in long open clusters; Utah and Colorado to New Mexico and Arizona
Familiarity information: NARROW-LEAF PENSTEMON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NARROW-LEAF PENSTEMON (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant having small narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers in long open clusters; Utah and Colorado to New Mexico and Arizona
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
narrow-leaf penstemon; Penstemon linarioides
Hypernyms ("narrow-leaf penstemon" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("narrow-leaf penstemon" 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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