LITHOSPERMUM CANESCENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lithospermum canescens mean? 

• LITHOSPERMUM CANESCENS (noun)
  The noun LITHOSPERMUM CANESCENS has 1 sense:

1. perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment

  Familiarity information: LITHOSPERMUM CANESCENS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITHOSPERMUM CANESCENS (noun)

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Meaning:

Perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

hoary puccoon; Indian paint; Lithospermum canescens

Hypernyms ("Lithospermum canescens" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Lithospermum canescens" is a member of...):

genus Lithospermum; Lithospermum (annual or perennial herbaceous or shrubby plants; cosmopolitan except Australia)