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PENSTEMON CENTRANTHIFOLIUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Penstemon centranthifolius mean?
• PENSTEMON CENTRANTHIFOLIUS (noun)
The noun PENSTEMON CENTRANTHIFOLIUS has 1 sense:
1. plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems; coastal ranges from central California southward
Familiarity information: PENSTEMON CENTRANTHIFOLIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PENSTEMON CENTRANTHIFOLIUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems; coastal ranges from central California southward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Penstemon centranthifolius; scarlet bugler
Hypernyms ("Penstemon centranthifolius" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("Penstemon centranthifolius" is a member of...):
genus Penstemon; Penstemon (large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America)
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