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WESTERN WALL FLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does western wall flower mean? 

WESTERN WALL FLOWER (noun)
  The noun WESTERN WALL FLOWER has 1 sense:

1. biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthusplay

  Familiarity information: WESTERN WALL FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WESTERN WALL FLOWER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cheiranthus asperus; Erysimum arkansanum; Erysimum asperum; western wall flower

Hypernyms ("western wall flower" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("western wall flower" is a member of...):

Erysimum; genus Erysimum (large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves; Old World and North America)


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