BLUE STAR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes

Synonyms:

Amsonia tabernaemontana; blue star

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("blue star" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("blue star" is a member of...):

Amsonia; genus Amsonia (genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America)