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TWINFLOWER
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs
Synonyms:
Linnaea borealis; twinflower
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("twinflower" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "twinflower"):
American twinflower; Linnaea borealis americana (similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia)
Holonyms ("twinflower" is a member of...):
genus Linnaea; Linnaea (one species: twinflower)
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