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HICCOUGH NUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hiccough nut mean?
• HICCOUGH NUT (noun)
The noun HICCOUGH NUT has 1 sense:
1. ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers
Familiarity information: HICCOUGH NUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Combretum bracteosum; hiccough nut; hiccup nut
Hypernyms ("hiccough nut" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("hiccough nut" is a member of...):
genus Combretum (type genus of the Combretaceae: tropical and subtropical small shrubs and trees)
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