checkerbloom
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Related to checkerbloom: Sidalcea, Sidalcea malviflora
check·er·bloom
(chĕk′ər-blo͞om′)n.
An ornamental herb (Sidalcea malvaeflora) native to the western coast of North America and cultivated for its showy clusters of pink to purple flowers.
[checker(board) + bloom.]
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checkerbloom
(ˈtʃɛkəˌbluːm)n
(Plants) a Californian malvaceous plant, Sidalcea malvaeflora, with pink or purple flowers
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| Noun | 1. |  checkerbloom - perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivatedmallow - any of various plants of the family Malvaceae genus Sidalcea, Sidalcea - genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers |
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