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SHRUBBY PENSTEMON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shrubby penstemon mean?
• SHRUBBY PENSTEMON (noun)
The noun SHRUBBY PENSTEMON has 1 sense:
1. low bushy plant with large showy pale lavender or blue-violet flowers in narrow clusters at ends of stems
Familiarity information: SHRUBBY PENSTEMON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low bushy plant with large showy pale lavender or blue-violet flowers in narrow clusters at ends of stems
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
lowbush penstemon; Penstemon fruticosus; shrubby penstemon
Hypernyms ("shrubby penstemon" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("shrubby 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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