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LEATHER FLOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leather flower mean?
• LEATHER FLOWER (noun)
The noun LEATHER FLOWER has 2 senses:
1. scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals
2. woody vine of the southern United States having purple or blue flowers with leathery recurved sepals
Familiarity information: LEATHER FLOWER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Clematis viorna; leather flower; vase-fine; vase vine
Hypernyms ("leather flower" is a kind of...):
clematis (any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Woody vine of the southern United States having purple or blue flowers with leathery recurved sepals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Clematis versicolor; leather flower
Hypernyms ("leather flower" is a kind of...):
clematis (any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers)
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