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BRIDE'S BONNET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bride's bonnet mean? 

BRIDE'S BONNET (noun)
  The noun BRIDE'S BONNET has 1 sense:

1. plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montanaplay

  Familiarity information: BRIDE'S BONNET used as a noun is very rare.


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BRIDE'S BONNET (noun)


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Meaning:

Plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bride's bonnet; Clintonia uniflora; queen's cup

Hypernyms ("bride's bonnet" is a kind of...):

Clinton's lily; clintonia (any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries)

Holonyms ("bride's bonnet" is a member of...):

genus Clintonia (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae)


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