compass plant
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(noun) any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass |
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Synonyms: compass flower |
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Related Words: Lactuca scariola, Lactuca serriola, Silphium laciniatum, Wyethia ovata, composite, composite plant, horse thistle, prickly lettuce, rosinweed, wyethia |
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(noun) North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers |
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Synonyms: Lotus americanus, prairie bird's-foot trefoil, prairie lotus, prairie trefoil |
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Related Words: subshrub, suffrutex |
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