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WONDER FLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wonder flower mean? 

WONDER FLOWER (noun)
  The noun WONDER FLOWER has 1 sense:

1. South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowersplay

  Familiarity information: WONDER FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WONDER FLOWER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

chincherinchee; Ornithogalum thyrsoides; wonder flower

Hypernyms ("wonder flower" is a kind of...):

star-of-Bethlehem (any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers)


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