noun
any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
• Syn: ↑columbo, ↑American columbo, ↑deer's-ears, ↑pyramid plant, ↑American gentian
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Frasera, ↑genus Frasera
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun (plural deer's-ear or deer's-ears) : any of several tall-growing biennial or short-lived perennial herbs (as American columbo) that constitute a genus Frasera of the family Gentianaceae and are widely distributed in No. America especially in warm dry upland areas of the Pacific states — compare deer's-tongue
Useful english dictionary. 2012.