HyperDic: chaparral_pea

English > 1 sense of the expression chaparral pea:
NOUNplantchaparral pea, stingaree-bush, Pickeringia montanaspiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets
English > chaparral pea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningSpiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California.
Synonymsstingaree-bush, Pickeringia montana
Member ofPickeringia, genus PickeringiaOne species
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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