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English noun: compass plant

1. compass plant (plant) North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers


SynonymsLotus americanus, prairie bird's-foot trefoil, prairie lotus, prairie trefoil


Broader (hypernym)subshrub, suffrutex

2. compass plant (plant) any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass


Synonymscompass flower


Broader (hypernym)composite, composite plant


Narrower (hyponym)horse thistle, Lactuca scariola, Lactuca serriola, prickly lettuce, rosinweed, Silphium laciniatum


Member meronymaster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae









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