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LIATRIS PYCNOSTACHYA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Liatris pycnostachya mean?
• LIATRIS PYCNOSTACHYA (noun)
The noun LIATRIS PYCNOSTACHYA has 1 sense:
1. perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers
Familiarity information: LIATRIS PYCNOSTACHYA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
dense blazing star; Liatris pycnostachya
Hypernyms ("Liatris pycnostachya" is a kind of...):
blazing star; button snakeroot; gay-feather; gayfeather; snakeroot (any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads)
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