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prairie smoke

prairie smoke noun: geum triflorum.

Noun

prairie smoke (uncountable)

  1. Geum triflorum.
  2. Anemone patens subsp. multifida (syn. Pulsatilla patens subsp. multifida).

Origin of prairie smoke

The name refers to the seed heads of either species, which have long filaments covered with hairs and resemble smoke.

Questions about prairie smoke

What does prairie smoke mean?
Prairie smoke means geum triflorum.
What part of speech is prairie smoke?
Prairie smoke is a noun.

Words near prairie smoke in the dictionary

  1. prairie roses
  2. prairie schooner
  3. prairie schooners
  4. prairie skirt
  5. prairie skirts
  6. prairie smoke
  7. prairie star
  8. prairie stars
  9. Prairie State
  10. Prairie Stater
  11. prairie stream

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