scarlet musk flower

scarlet musk flower
noun
viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers
Hypernyms: ↑flower
Member Holonyms: ↑Nyctaginia, ↑genus Nyctaginia

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