Swan River everlasting

Swan River everlasting
noun
Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum
Hypernyms: ↑everlasting, ↑everlasting flower
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Rhodanthe

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized S&R
Etymology: from Swan River, Western Australia
: an Australian everlasting (Helipterum manglesii)

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