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WHITECUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whitecup mean?
• WHITECUP (noun)
The noun WHITECUP has 1 sense:
1. prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose
Familiarity information: WHITECUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Nierembergia repens; Nierembergia rivularis; whitecup
Hypernyms ("whitecup" is a kind of...):
cupflower; nierembergia (any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers)
Holonyms ("whitecup" is a member of...):
genus Nierembergia (genus of tropical American erect or creeping herbs with solitary flowers)
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