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PENSTEMON WHIPPLEANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Penstemon whippleanus mean? 

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

1. wine and lavender to purple and black flowers in several clusters on the upper half of leafy stems; Montana south through the Rocky Mountains to Arizona and New Mexicoplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PENSTEMON WHIPPLEANUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Wine and lavender to purple and black flowers in several clusters on the upper half of leafy stems; Montana south through the Rocky Mountains to Arizona and New Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Penstemon whippleanus; Whipple's penstemon

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

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("Penstemon whippleanus" 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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