checkerbloom

check·er·bloom

C0264200 (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.

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[checker(board) + bloom.]

checkerbloom

(ˈtʃɛkəˌbluːm) n (Plants) a Californian malvaceous plant, Sidalcea malvaeflora, with pink or purple flowers

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checkerbloom - perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivatedSidalcea malviflora, wild hollyhockmallow - any of various plants of the family Malvaceaegenus Sidalcea, Sidalcea - genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers