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LEPTARRHENA PYROLIFOLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leptarrhena pyrolifolia mean? 

LEPTARRHENA PYROLIFOLIA (noun)
  The noun LEPTARRHENA PYROLIFOLIA has 1 sense:

1. plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idahoplay

  Familiarity information: LEPTARRHENA PYROLIFOLIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEPTARRHENA PYROLIFOLIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

leatherleaf saxifrage; Leptarrhena pyrolifolia

Hypernyms ("Leptarrhena pyrolifolia" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("Leptarrhena pyrolifolia" is a member of...):

genus Leptarrhena; Leptarrhena (one species: leatherleaf saxifrage)


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