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PENSTEMON RUPICOLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Penstemon rupicola mean? 

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

1. one of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to Californiaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PENSTEMON RUPICOLA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cliff penstemon; Penstemon rupicola; rock penstemon

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

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("Penstemon rupicola" 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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