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CROCANTHEMUM CANADENSEI

Dictionary entry overview: What does Crocanthemum canadensei mean?

• CROCANTHEMUM CANADENSEI (noun)
The noun CROCANTHEMUM CANADENSEI has 1 sense:

1. perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts

Familiarity information: CROCANTHEMUM CANADENSEI used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CROCANTHEMUM CANADENSEI (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Crocanthemum canadensei; frost-weed; frostweed; frostwort; Helianthemum canadense

Hypernyms ("Crocanthemum canadensei" is a kind of...):

helianthemum; sun rose; sunrose (any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions)

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