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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 stemsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SHRUBBY PENSTEMON (noun)


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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