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LADIES'-EARDROP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ladies'-eardrop mean?
• LADIES'-EARDROP (noun)
The noun LADIES'-EARDROP has 1 sense:
1. erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers
Familiarity information: LADIES'-EARDROP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Fuchsia coccinea; ladies'-eardrop; ladies'-eardrops; lady's-eardrop; lady's-eardrops
Hypernyms ("ladies'-eardrop" is a kind of...):
fuchsia (any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti)
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