sabbatia

Definitions of sabbatia
  1. noun
    any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes
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    types:
    American centaury, Sabbatia Angularis, Sabbatia stellaris, bitter floom, marsh pink, rose pink
    any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury
    Sabbatia campestris, Texas star, prairia Sabbatia
    prairie herb with solitary lilac-colored flowers
    type of:
    bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant
    a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
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