SARCODES SANGUINEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sarcodes sanguinea mean? 

• SARCODES SANGUINEA (noun)
  The noun SARCODES SANGUINEA has 1 sense:

1. a fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground

  Familiarity information: SARCODES SANGUINEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SARCODES SANGUINEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Sarcodes sanguinea; snow plant

Hypernyms ("Sarcodes sanguinea" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("Sarcodes sanguinea" is a member of...):

genus Sarcodes; Sarcodes (snow plant; in some classifications placed in family Pyrolaceae)