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DALEA SPINOSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dalea spinosa mean? 

DALEA SPINOSA (noun)
  The noun DALEA SPINOSA has 1 sense:

1. greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavorplay

  Familiarity information: DALEA SPINOSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DALEA SPINOSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dalea spinosa; smoke tree

Hypernyms ("Dalea spinosa" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Dalea spinosa" is a member of...):

Dalea; genus Dalea (indigo bush)


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