PHYLLODOCE CAERULEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phyllodoce caerulea mean? 

• PHYLLODOCE CAERULEA (noun)
  The noun PHYLLODOCE CAERULEA has 1 sense:

1. small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States

  Familiarity information: PHYLLODOCE CAERULEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYLLODOCE CAERULEA (noun)

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Meaning:

Small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bryanthus taxifolius; mountain heath; Phyllodoce caerulea

Hypernyms ("Phyllodoce caerulea" is a kind of...):

heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)

Holonyms ("Phyllodoce caerulea" is a member of...):

genus Phyllodoce; Phyllodoce (small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubs)