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MERTENSIA VIRGINICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mertensia virginica mean?
• MERTENSIA VIRGINICA (noun)
The noun MERTENSIA VIRGINICA has 1 sense:
1. smooth erect herb of eastern North America having entire leaves and showy blue flowers that are pink in bud
Familiarity information: MERTENSIA VIRGINICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smooth erect herb of eastern North America having entire leaves and showy blue flowers that are pink in bud
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Mertensia virginica; Virginia bluebell; Virginia cowslip
Hypernyms ("Mertensia virginica" 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 ("Mertensia virginica" is a member of...):
genus Mertensia; Mertensia (a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels)
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