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REDWOOD PENSTEMON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redwood penstemon mean? 

REDWOOD PENSTEMON (noun)
  The noun REDWOOD PENSTEMON has 1 sense:

1. low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern Californiaplay

  Familiarity information: REDWOOD PENSTEMON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REDWOOD PENSTEMON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

red shrubby penstemon; redwood penstemon

Hypernyms ("redwood penstemon" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("redwood penstemon" 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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