MOORWORT

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Meaning:

Wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of wet acidic areas in Arctic and Canada to northeastern United States

Synonyms:

Andromeda glaucophylla; bog rosemary; moorwort

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("moorwort" is a kind of...):

andromeda (any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers)

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