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TELLIMA AFFINIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tellima affinis mean? 

TELLIMA AFFINIS (noun)
  The noun TELLIMA AFFINIS has 1 sense:

1. California perennial herb cultivated for its racemose white flowers with widely spreading petals; sometimes placed in genus Tellimaplay

  Familiarity information: TELLIMA AFFINIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TELLIMA AFFINIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

California perennial herb cultivated for its racemose white flowers with widely spreading petals; sometimes placed in genus Tellima

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lithophragma affine; Lithophragma affinis; Tellima affinis; woodland star

Hypernyms ("Tellima affinis" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("Tellima affinis" is a member of...):

genus Lithophragma; Lithophragma (small genus of perennial herbs of the western North America)


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