scorpionweed

Definitions of scorpionweed
  1. noun
    any plant of the genus Phacelia
    synonyms: phacelia, scorpion weed
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    types:
    California bluebell, Phacelia campanularia
    annual of southern California with intricately branched stems and lax cymes of aromatic deep blue bell-shaped flowers
    California bluebell, Phacelia minor, Phacelia whitlavia, whitlavia
    desert plant of southern California with blue or violet tubular flowers in terminal racemes
    Phacelia tanacetifolia, fiddleneck
    hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers
    type of:
    flower
    a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
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