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PENSTEMON PALMERI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Penstemon palmeri mean? 

PENSTEMON PALMERI (noun)
  The noun PENSTEMON PALMERI has 1 sense:

1. fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utahplay

  Familiarity information: PENSTEMON PALMERI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PENSTEMON PALMERI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

balloon flower; Penstemon palmeri; scented penstemon

Hypernyms ("Penstemon palmeri" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("Penstemon palmeri" 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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