BRUCKENTHALIA SPICULIFOLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bruckenthalia spiculifolia mean? 

• BRUCKENTHALIA SPICULIFOLIA (noun)
  The noun BRUCKENTHALIA SPICULIFOLIA has 1 sense:

1. small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers

  Familiarity information: BRUCKENTHALIA SPICULIFOLIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRUCKENTHALIA SPICULIFOLIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of small bell-shaped flowers

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bruckenthalia spiculifolia; spike heath

Hypernyms ("Bruckenthalia spiculifolia" is a kind of...):

heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)

Holonyms ("Bruckenthalia spiculifolia" is a member of...):

Bruckenthalia; genus Bruckenthalia (a genus containing only one species: spike heath)