n. A large genus of plants, characteristic of the flora of the western United States.
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n. any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers
Word Usage
"The alpine spiraea grows here also and blossoms profusely with potentilla, erigeron, eriogonum, pentstemon, solidago, and an interesting species of onion, and four or five species of grasses and sedges."