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PENSTEMON RUPICOLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Penstemon rupicola mean?
• PENSTEMON RUPICOLA (noun)
The noun PENSTEMON RUPICOLA has 1 sense:
1. one of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California
Familiarity information: PENSTEMON RUPICOLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cliff penstemon; Penstemon rupicola; rock penstemon
Hypernyms ("Penstemon rupicola" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("Penstemon rupicola" 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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