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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 fruitplay

  Familiarity information: COCK'S EGGS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COCK'S EGGS (noun)


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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