OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does old man of the mountain mean? 

• OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN (noun)
  The noun OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN has 1 sense:

1. whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States

  Familiarity information: OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

alpine sunflower; Hymenoxys grandiflora; old man of the mountain; Tetraneuris grandiflora

Hypernyms ("old man of the mountain" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("old man of the mountain" is a member of...):

genus Tetraneuris; Tetraneuris (genus of hairy yellow-flowered plants of the western United States)