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TRAILING WINDMILLS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Trailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground; found in dry gravelly or sandy soil; southwestern United States and Mexico
Synonyms:
Allionia incarnata; trailing four o'clock; trailing windmills
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("trailing windmills" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("trailing windmills" is a member of...):
Allionia; genus Allionia (small genus of chiefly American herbs)