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COCK'S EGGS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cock's eggs mean?
• COCK'S EGGS (noun)
The noun COCK'S EGGS has 1 sense:
1. weedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit
Familiarity information: COCK'S EGGS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cock's eggs; Salpichroa organifolia; Salpichroa rhomboidea
Hypernyms ("cock's eggs" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("cock's eggs" is a member of...):
genus Salpichroa; Salpichroa (herbs of temperate North and South America: cock's eggs)
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