HyperDic: abronia_villosa

English > 1 sense of the expression Abronia villosa:
NOUNplantAbronia villosa, desert sand verbenasoft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers
English > Abronia villosa: 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.
Synonymdesert sand verbena
Broadersand verbenaAny of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena

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