balloon flower
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balloon flower
n.
A perennial plant (Platycodon grandiflorus) native to East Asia, having large balloon-shaped buds and usually blue star-shaped flowers, and cultivated as an ornamental.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant genus Penstemon, Penstemon - large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America |
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