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LADIES'-EARDROPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ladies'-eardrops mean? 

LADIES'-EARDROPS (noun)
  The noun LADIES'-EARDROPS has 1 sense:

1. erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowersplay

  Familiarity information: LADIES'-EARDROPS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LADIES'-EARDROPS (noun)


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'-eardrops" 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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