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ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN SPURGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Allegheny mountain spurge mean?
• ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN SPURGE (noun)
The noun ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN SPURGE has 1 sense:
1. low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere
Familiarity information: ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN SPURGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN SPURGE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Allegheny mountain spurge; Allegheny spurge; Pachysandra procumbens
Hypernyms ("Allegheny mountain spurge" is a kind of...):
pachysandra (any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover)
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