WYETHIA AMPLEXICAULIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wyethia amplexicaulis mean? 

• WYETHIA AMPLEXICAULIS (noun)
  The noun WYETHIA AMPLEXICAULIS has 1 sense:

1. balsamic-resinous herb with clumps of lanceolate leaves and stout leafy stems ending in large deep yellow flowers on long stalks; northwestern United States

  Familiarity information: WYETHIA AMPLEXICAULIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WYETHIA AMPLEXICAULIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Balsamic-resinous herb with clumps of lanceolate leaves and stout leafy stems ending in large deep yellow flowers on long stalks; northwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

mule's ears; Wyethia amplexicaulis

Hypernyms ("Wyethia amplexicaulis" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("Wyethia amplexicaulis" is a member of...):

genus Wyethia (coarse leafy perennial plants resembling sunflowers found especially in the western United States)