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MOORWORT

English dictionary: Word overview

MOORWORT (noun)
  The noun MOORWORT has 1 sense:

1. wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of wet acidic areas in Arctic and Canada to northeastern United States

  Familiarity information: MOORWORT used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


MOORWORT (noun)


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Meaning:

Wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of wet acidic areas in Arctic and Canada to northeastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Andromeda glaucophylla; bog rosemary; moorwort

Hypernyms ("moorwort" is a kind of...):

andromeda (any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers)


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