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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 California
Familiarity information: REDWOOD PENSTEMON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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