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Meaning of COMPASS PLANT

Pronunciation:  'kumpus plant

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass
  2. [n]  North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers
 
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 Synonyms: compass flower, Lotus americanus, prairie bird's-foot trefoil, prairie lotus, prairie trefoil
 
 See Also: aster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, composite, composite plant, family Asteraceae, family Compositae, horse thistle, Lactuca scariola, Lactuca serriola, prickly lettuce, rosinweed, Silphium laciniatum, subshrub, suffrutex, wyethia, Wyethia ovata

 

 

 

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