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ROCK PENSTEMON
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
One of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California
Synonyms:
cliff penstemon; Penstemon rupicola; rock penstemon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rock penstemon" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("rock 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)