WHIPPLE'S PENSTEMON
Dictionary entry overview: What does Whipple's penstemon mean? • WHIPPLE'S PENSTEMON (noun)
The noun WHIPPLE'S PENSTEMON has 1 sense:
1. wine and lavender to purple and black flowers in several clusters on the upper half of leafy stems; Montana south through the Rocky Mountains to Arizona and New Mexico
Familiarity information: WHIPPLE'S PENSTEMON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WHIPPLE'S PENSTEMON (noun)
Meaning:
Wine and lavender to purple and black flowers in several clusters on the upper half of leafy stems; Montana south through the Rocky Mountains to Arizona and New Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Penstemon whippleanus; Whipple's penstemon
Hypernyms ("Whipple's penstemon" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("Whipple's penstemon" is a member of...):
genus Penstemon; Penstemon (large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America)
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