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PINK-AND-WHITE EVERLASTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pink-and-white everlasting mean? 

PINK-AND-WHITE EVERLASTING (noun)
  The noun PINK-AND-WHITE EVERLASTING has 1 sense:

1. flower of southwestern Australia having bright pink daisylike papery flowers; grown for dryingplay

  Familiarity information: PINK-AND-WHITE EVERLASTING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PINK-AND-WHITE EVERLASTING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Flower of southwestern Australia having bright pink daisylike papery flowers; grown for drying

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acroclinium roseum; pink-and-white everlasting; pink paper daisy

Hypernyms ("pink-and-white everlasting" is a kind of...):

everlasting; everlasting flower (any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color)

Holonyms ("pink-and-white everlasting" is a member of...):

Acroclinium; genus Acroclinium (genus of herbs and shrubs of Australia and South Africa: everlasting flower; most species usually placed in genus Helipterum)


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