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RED MAIDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red maids mean? 

RED MAIDS (noun)
  The noun RED MAIDS has 1 sense:

1. succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: RED MAIDS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RED MAIDS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calandrinia ciliata; red maids; redmaids

Hypernyms ("red maids" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("red maids" is a member of...):

Calandrinia; genus Calandrinia (large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers)


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