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PRAIRIE SMOKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie smoke mean? 

PRAIRIE SMOKE (noun)
  The noun PRAIRIE SMOKE has 1 sense:

1. North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruitsplay

  Familiarity information: PRAIRIE SMOKE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRAIRIE SMOKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Geum triflorum; prairie smoke; purple avens

Hypernyms ("prairie smoke" is a kind of...):

avens (any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers)


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