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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 cover
Familiarity information: BISHOP'S HAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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