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BALLOON FLOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does balloon flower mean?
• BALLOON FLOWER (noun)
The noun BALLOON FLOWER has 1 sense:
1. fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah
Familiarity information: BALLOON FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
balloon flower; Penstemon palmeri; scented penstemon
Hypernyms ("balloon flower" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("balloon flower" 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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