| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| |
| owl's clover |
| |
| NOUN: | Any of various New World plants of the genus Orthocarpus, having spikes of variously colored tubular flowers enclosed in prominent, often pigmented bracts. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From the resemblance of the flowers of some species to owls' faces.
| | |
| |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
