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WHITECUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whitecup mean? 

WHITECUP (noun)
  The noun WHITECUP has 1 sense:

1. prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or roseplay

  Familiarity information: WHITECUP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHITECUP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Nierembergia repens; Nierembergia rivularis; whitecup

Hypernyms ("whitecup" is a kind of...):

cupflower; nierembergia (any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers)

Holonyms ("whitecup" is a member of...):

genus Nierembergia (genus of tropical American erect or creeping herbs with solitary flowers)


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