pencil flower

English

Alternative forms

pencilflower, pencil-flower

Noun

pencil flower (plural pencil flowers)

1. An American perennial leguminous herb of species Stylosanthes biflora.
2. Any plant of the genus Stylosanthes.

References

• “pencil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.