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WESTERN WALL FLOWER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus
Synonyms:
Cheiranthus asperus; Erysimum arkansanum; Erysimum asperum; western wall flower
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("western wall flower" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("western wall flower" is a member of...):
Erysimum; genus Erysimum (large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves; Old World and North America)