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HICCUP NUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hiccup nut mean? 

HICCUP NUT (noun)
  The noun HICCUP NUT has 1 sense:

1. ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowersplay

  Familiarity information: HICCUP NUT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HICCUP NUT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Combretum bracteosum; hiccough nut; hiccup nut

Hypernyms ("hiccup nut" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("hiccup nut" is a member of...):

genus Combretum (type genus of the Combretaceae: tropical and subtropical small shrubs and trees)


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