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compass plant

compass plant noun: lactuca serriola, native to Europe, widely introduced to temperate regions.

Noun

compass plant (plural compass plants)

  1. Lactuca serriola, native to Europe, widely introduced to temperate regions.
  2. Silphium laciniatum, native to eastern North America.
  3. Wyethia angustifolia, California compass plant, native to western North America.

Forms of compass plant

pluralcompass plants
alternative formcompassplant

Questions about compass plant

What does compass plant mean?
Compass plant means lactuca serriola, native to Europe, widely introduced to temperate regions.
What part of speech is compass plant?
Compass plant is a noun.
What is the plural of compass plant?
The plural of compass plant is compass plants.

Words near compass plant in the dictionary

  1. compass needle
  2. compass needles
  3. compass out
  4. compass plane
  5. compass planes
  6. compass plant
  7. compass plants
  8. compass point
  9. compass points
  10. compass rose
  11. compass roses

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