penstemon
penstemon · penstemons
Any plant of the genus Penstemon, the beardtonguesAny plant of the genus Penstemon, the beardtongues.
/ˈpɛnstɨmən/
Meaning
1 sensesAny plant of the genus Penstemon, the beardtongues.
More definitions
- large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America
Origin
Borrowed from translingual Penstemon.Borrowed from translingual Penstemon.
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Forms
plural: penstemons| Singular | penstemon |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America:genus Penstemon
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedroyal penstemon
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.