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Meaning of LINNAEA BOREALIS

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 Definition: [n]  creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs
 
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 Synonyms: twinflower
 
 See Also: American twinflower, genus Linnaea, Linnaea, Linnaea borealis americana, subshrub, suffrutex

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lin*n[ae]"a bo`re*a"lis\ (l[i^]n*n[=e]"[.a]
b[=o]`r[-e]*[=a]"l[i^]s). [NL. Linnaeus Linn[ae]an + L.
borealis northern.] (Bot.)
The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates.
 
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