noun
Meaning 1
An evergreen arctic shrub, Diapensia lapponica.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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diapensia
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noun
Meaning 2
any boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: subshrub, suffrutex
History
Etymology
From the genus name.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: uuvana — Diapensia lapponica
- Swedish: fjällgröna — Diapensia lapponica
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