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PYRAMID PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyramid plant mean? 

PYRAMID PLANT (noun)
  The noun PYRAMID PLANT has 1 sense:

1. any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washingtonplay

  Familiarity information: PYRAMID PLANT used as a noun is very rare.


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PYRAMID PLANT (noun)


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Meaning:

Any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American columbo; American gentian; columbo; deer's-ear; deer's-ears; pyramid plant

Hypernyms ("pyramid plant" 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 ("pyramid plant" is a member of...):

Frasera; genus Frasera (genus of North American herbs: columbo; includes some species sometimes placed in genus Swertia)


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