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BISHOP'S HAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bishop's hat mean? 

BISHOP'S HAT (noun)
  The noun BISHOP'S HAT has 1 sense:

1. slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground coverplay

  Familiarity information: BISHOP'S HAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BISHOP'S HAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

barrenwort; bishop's hat; Epimedium grandiflorum

Hypernyms ("bishop's hat" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("bishop's hat" is a member of...):

Epimedium; genus Epimedium (herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia)


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