PURPLE HEATHER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Semi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States

Synonyms:

Brewer's mountain heather; Phyllodoce breweri; purple heather

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("purple heather" is a kind of...):

heath (a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers)

Holonyms ("purple heather" is a member of...):

genus Phyllodoce; Phyllodoce (small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubs)

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