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Mitella pentandra

DEFINITIONS OF: Mitella pentandra

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n small plant with leaves in a basal cluster and tiny greenish flowers in slender racemes; northwestern North America to California and Colorado

Synonyms:
five-point bishop's cap
Type of:
bishop's cap, miterwort, mitrewort
any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter
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