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ARGYROXIPHIUM SANDWICENSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem
Synonyms:
Argyroxiphium sandwicense; silversword
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Argyroxiphium sandwicense" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Argyroxiphium sandwicense" is a member of...):
Argyroxiphium; genus Argyroxiphium (small genus of Hawaiian spreading and rosette-forming shrubs)
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