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PENSTEMON BARBATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Penstemon barbatus mean?
• PENSTEMON BARBATUS (noun)
The noun PENSTEMON BARBATUS has 1 sense:
1. plant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lip
Familiarity information: PENSTEMON BARBATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
golden-beard penstemon; Penstemon barbatus
Hypernyms ("Penstemon barbatus" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("Penstemon barbatus" 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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