FALSE MITERWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does false miterwort mean? 

• FALSE MITERWORT (noun)
  The noun FALSE MITERWORT has 2 senses:

1. plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana

2. stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant

  Familiarity information: FALSE MITERWORT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALSE MITERWORT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

false miterwort; false mitrewort; Tiarella unifoliata

Hypernyms ("false miterwort" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("false miterwort" is a member of...):

genus Tiarella; Tiarella (small genus of North American herbs having mostly basal leaves and slender racemes of delicate white flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

coolwart; false miterwort; false mitrewort; foamflower; Tiarella cordifolia

Hypernyms ("false miterwort" 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 ("false miterwort" is a member of...):

genus Tiarella; Tiarella (small genus of North American herbs having mostly basal leaves and slender racemes of delicate white flowers)