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LEATHER FLOWER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Woody vine of the southern United States having purple or blue flowers with leathery recurved sepals

Synonyms:

Clematis versicolor; leather flower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("leather flower" is a kind of...):

clematis (any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals

Synonyms:

Clematis viorna; leather flower; vase-fine; vase vine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("leather flower" is a kind of...):

clematis (any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers)

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