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ABRONIA ELLIPTICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Abronia elliptica mean?
• ABRONIA ELLIPTICA (noun)
The noun ABRONIA ELLIPTICA has 1 sense:
1. plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
Familiarity information: ABRONIA ELLIPTICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Abronia elliptica; snowball; sweet sand verbena
Hypernyms ("Abronia elliptica" is a kind of...):
sand verbena (any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena)
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