PICKERINGIA MONTANA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Pickeringia montana mean? • PICKERINGIA MONTANA (noun)
The noun PICKERINGIA MONTANA has 1 sense:
1. spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California
Familiarity information: PICKERINGIA MONTANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PICKERINGIA MONTANA (noun)
Meaning:
Spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
chaparral pea; Pickeringia montana; stingaree-bush
Hypernyms ("Pickeringia montana" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)
Holonyms ("Pickeringia montana" is a member of...):
genus Pickeringia; Pickeringia (one species: chaparral pea)
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