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MACHAERANTHERA TORTIFOLOIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Machaeranthera tortifoloia mean?
• MACHAERANTHERA TORTIFOLOIA (noun)
The noun MACHAERANTHERA TORTIFOLOIA has 1 sense:
1. wild aster having greyish leafy stems and flower heads with narrow pale lavender or violet rays; of rocky desert slopes California to Arizona and Utah
Familiarity information: MACHAERANTHERA TORTIFOLOIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MACHAERANTHERA TORTIFOLOIA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wild aster having greyish leafy stems and flower heads with narrow pale lavender or violet rays; of rocky desert slopes California to Arizona and Utah
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Machaeranthera tortifoloia; Mojave aster
Hypernyms ("Machaeranthera tortifoloia" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("Machaeranthera tortifoloia" is a member of...):
genus Machaeranthera; Machaeranthera (wildflowers of western North America)
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