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TALL CUPFLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tall cupflower mean? 

TALL CUPFLOWER (noun)
  The noun TALL CUPFLOWER has 1 sense:

1. shrubby Chilean herb having bluish-white tubular flowers used as an ornamentalplay

  Familiarity information: TALL CUPFLOWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TALL CUPFLOWER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrubby Chilean herb having bluish-white tubular flowers used as an ornamental

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Nierembergia frutescens; tall cupflower

Hypernyms ("tall cupflower" is a kind of...):

cupflower; nierembergia (any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers)

Holonyms ("tall cupflower" is a member of...):

genus Nierembergia (genus of tropical American erect or creeping herbs with solitary flowers)


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