LION'S BEARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lion's beard mean? 

• LION'S BEARD (noun)
  The noun LION'S BEARD has 1 sense:

1. short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia

  Familiarity information: LION'S BEARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LION'S BEARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American pasqueflower; American pulsatilla; Anemone ludoviciana; blue tulip; Eastern pasque flower; lion's beard; prairie anemone; Pulsatilla patens; wild crocus

Hypernyms ("lion's beard" is a kind of...):

pasque flower; pasqueflower (any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone)