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PENSTEMON BARBATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Penstemon barbatus mean? 

PENSTEMON BARBATUS (noun)
  The noun PENSTEMON BARBATUS has 1 sense:

1. plant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lipplay

  Familiarity information: PENSTEMON BARBATUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PENSTEMON BARBATUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

golden-beard penstemon; Penstemon barbatus

Hypernyms ("Penstemon barbatus" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("Penstemon barbatus" is a member of...):

genus Penstemon; Penstemon (large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America)


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