alumbloom

Definitions of alumbloom

1. noun

   any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera
   synonyms: alumroot

   types:

   Heuchera americana, rock geranium

   plant with basal leaves mottled with white and flowers in lax panicles on erect stems

   Heuchera cylindrica, poker alumroot, poker heuchera

   plant with leathery heart-shaped leaf blades clustered at base of long stalks with greenish-white flowers clustered along the upper part; western North America

   Heuchera sanguinea, coralbells

   perennial plant of the western United States having bright red flowers in feathery spikes; used as an ornamental

   type of:

   herb, herbaceous plant

   a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests