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HELIANTHEMUM CANADENSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Helianthemum canadense mean?
• HELIANTHEMUM CANADENSE (noun)
The noun HELIANTHEMUM CANADENSE has 1 sense:
1. perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts
Familiarity information: HELIANTHEMUM CANADENSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HELIANTHEMUM CANADENSE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Crocanthemum canadense; frost-weed; frostweed; frostwort; Helianthemum canadense
Hypernyms ("Helianthemum canadense" is a kind of...):
helianthemum; sun rose; sunrose (any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions)
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