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PRIDE OF CALIFORNIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pride of California mean?
• PRIDE OF CALIFORNIA (noun)
The noun PRIDE OF CALIFORNIA has 1 sense:
1. shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
Familiarity information: PRIDE OF CALIFORNIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Lathyrus splendens; pride of California
Hypernyms ("pride of California" is a kind of...):
wild pea (any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines)
Holonyms ("pride of California" is a member of...):
genus Lathyrus; Lathyrus (genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea)
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