HyperDic: desert_sand_verbena

English > 1 sense of the expression desert sand verbena:
NOUNplantdesert sand verbena, Abronia villosasoft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers
English > desert sand verbena: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsoft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in sandy desert soil; after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico.
SynonymAbronia villosa
Broadersand verbenaAny of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena

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