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BESSEYA ALPINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Besseya alpina mean? 

BESSEYA ALPINA (noun)
  The noun BESSEYA ALPINA has 1 sense:

1. small pale plant with dense spikes of pale bluish-violet flowers; of high cold meadows from Wyoming and Utah to New Mexicoplay

  Familiarity information: BESSEYA ALPINA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BESSEYA ALPINA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small pale plant with dense spikes of pale bluish-violet flowers; of high cold meadows from Wyoming and Utah to New Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alpine besseya; Besseya alpina

Hypernyms ("Besseya alpina" is a kind of...):

kitten-tails (a plant of the genus Besseya having fluffy spikes of flowers)


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