FOAMFLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foamflower mean? 

• FOAMFLOWER (noun)
  The noun FOAMFLOWER has 1 sense:

1. stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant

  Familiarity information: FOAMFLOWER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOAMFLOWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("foamflower" 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 ("foamflower" is a member of...):

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