Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun hairy annual plant (
Phacelia tanacetifolia ) of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers.
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- noun hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers
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Examples
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Popular flowers -- California poppy, fiddleneck and lupine -- create spectacular scenes scattered across green rolling hills, filling ravines and flowing down old riverbeds.
Home The Fresno Bee 2010
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As she hiked the table top this week, Annee Ferranti, senior environmental scientist with the state, spotted an array of wildflowers - goldfields, fiddleneck, sidalcia, Chinese houses, meadowfoam and many others.
Home 2009
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Rational Review 2009
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"Be sure to check the local foothills for fiddleneck and mustard.
Deserts in Bloom 2008
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Phacelia tanacetifolia
May 25, 2008