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BERMUDA BUTTERCUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bermuda buttercup mean? 

BERMUDA BUTTERCUP (noun)
  The noun BERMUDA BUTTERCUP has 1 sense:

1. South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: BERMUDA BUTTERCUP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BERMUDA BUTTERCUP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bermuda buttercup; English-weed; Oxalis cernua; Oxalis pes-caprae

Hypernyms ("Bermuda buttercup" is a kind of...):

oxalis; sorrel; wood sorrel (any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis)


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