Castilleja and Orthocarpus of the figwort family, having spikes of variously colored tubular flowers enclosed in prominent, often pigmented bracts.' name='description'> owl's clover - definition and meaning
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owl's clover

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several North American semiparasitic plants of the genera Castilleja and Orthocarpus of the figwort family, having spikes of variously colored tubular flowers enclosed in prominent, often pigmented bracts.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From the resemblance of the flowers of some species to owls' faces.]

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