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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 ornamental
Familiarity information: TALL CUPFLOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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