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INDIAN BEET
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers
Synonyms:
Indian beet; Lupinus perennis; old-maid's bonnet; sundial lupine; wild lupine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Indian beet" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("Indian beet" is a member of...):
genus Lupinus; Lupinus (herbs or shrubs: lupin)