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CORAL DROPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coral drops mean? 

CORAL DROPS (noun)
  The noun CORAL DROPS has 1 sense:

1. half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowersplay

  Familiarity information: CORAL DROPS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CORAL DROPS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bessera elegans; coral drops

Hypernyms ("coral drops" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("coral drops" is a member of...):

Bessera; genus Bessera (small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae)


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