Lapland rosebay

noun

variants or Lapland rhododendron

: a dwarf shrub (Rhododendron lapponicum) of the mountainous region of eastern North America having scurfy branches, thick scurfy leaves, and purple flowers and forming extensive depressed mats especially in arctic and subarctic regions

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