SNOW PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snow plant mean? 

• SNOW PLANT (noun)
  The noun SNOW PLANT has 1 sense:

1. a fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNOW PLANT (noun)

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Meaning:

A fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Sarcodes sanguinea; snow plant

Hypernyms ("snow plant" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("snow plant" is a member of...):

genus Sarcodes; Sarcodes (snow plant; in some classifications placed in family Pyrolaceae)