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WILD COFFEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wild coffee mean?
• WILD COFFEE (noun)
The noun WILD COFFEE has 1 sense:
1. coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers
Familiarity information: WILD COFFEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
feverroot; horse gentian; tinker's root; Triostium perfoliatum; wild coffee
Hypernyms ("wild coffee" 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 ("wild coffee" is a member of...):
genus Triostium; Triostium (genus of Asiatic and North American herbs: feverroot)
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