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DAVIDSON'S PENSTEMON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Davidson's penstemon mean? 

DAVIDSON'S PENSTEMON (noun)
  The noun DAVIDSON'S PENSTEMON has 1 sense:

1. mat-forming plant with blue and lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern Californiaplay

  Familiarity information: DAVIDSON'S PENSTEMON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DAVIDSON'S PENSTEMON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mat-forming plant with blue and lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Davidson's penstemon; Penstemon davidsonii

Hypernyms ("Davidson's penstemon" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("Davidson's penstemon" is a member of...):

genus Penstemon; Penstemon (large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America)


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