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PHYLLODOCE CAERULEA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States
Synonyms:
Bryanthus taxifolius; mountain heath; Phyllodoce caerulea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Phyllodoce caerulea" is a kind of...):
heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)
Holonyms ("Phyllodoce caerulea" is a member of...):
genus Phyllodoce; Phyllodoce (small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubs)