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WESTERN WALL FLOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does western wall flower mean?
• WESTERN WALL FLOWER (noun)
The noun WESTERN WALL FLOWER has 1 sense:
1. biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus
Familiarity information: WESTERN WALL FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cheiranthus asperus; Erysimum arkansanum; Erysimum asperum; western wall flower
Hypernyms ("western wall flower" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("western wall flower" is a member of...):
Erysimum; genus Erysimum (large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves; Old World and North America)
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