SNOW PLANT

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Meaning:

A fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground

Synonyms:

Sarcodes sanguinea; snow plant

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("snow plant" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("snow plant" is a member of...):

genus Sarcodes; Sarcodes (snow plant; in some classifications placed in family Pyrolaceae)

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