noun
plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems; coastal ranges from central California southward
• Syn: ↑Penstemon centranthifolius
• Hypernyms: ↑wildflower, ↑wild flower
• Member Holonyms: ↑Penstemon, ↑genus Penstemon
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noun1. : a pentstemon (Pentstemon centranthifolius) native to southwestern No. America, used as an ornamental, and having thick leaves and long tubular scarlet flowers
2. : a cactus of the genus Cleistocactus having long tubular bright-red flowers
Useful english dictionary. 2012.