ERIODICTYON CALIFORNICUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eriodictyon californicum mean? 

• ERIODICTYON CALIFORNICUM (noun)
  The noun ERIODICTYON CALIFORNICUM has 1 sense:

1. viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to deep lilac flowers; the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses

  Familiarity information: ERIODICTYON CALIFORNICUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERIODICTYON CALIFORNICUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to deep lilac flowers; the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eriodictyon californicum; yerba santa

Hypernyms ("Eriodictyon californicum" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Eriodictyon californicum" is a member of...):

Eriodictyon; genus Eriodictyon (small genus of evergreen shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico)