besseya alpina

1. 1.

   small pale plant with dense spikes of pale bluish-violet flowers; of high cold meadows from Wyoming and Utah to New Mexico

   SynonymsAlpine besseya

   Broaderkitten-tails

Questions about besseya alpina

What does besseya alpina mean?

besseya alpina means "small pale plant with dense spikes of pale bluish-violet flowers; of high cold meadows from Wyoming and Utah to New Mexico".

What is another word for besseya alpina?

Close synonyms include Alpine besseya. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is besseya alpina a common word?

besseya alpina is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.