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HUNTSMAN'S CUPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does huntsman's cups mean? 

HUNTSMAN'S CUPS (noun)
  The noun HUNTSMAN'S CUPS has 1 sense:

1. perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Irelandplay

  Familiarity information: HUNTSMAN'S CUPS used as a noun is very rare.


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HUNTSMAN'S CUPS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common pitcher plant; huntsman's cup; huntsman's cups; Sarracenia purpurea

Hypernyms ("huntsman's cups" is a kind of...):

pitcher plant (any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales)

Holonyms ("huntsman's cups" is a member of...):

genus Sarracenia; Sarracenia (pitcher plants)


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