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cupflower
cup·flow·er C0807100 (kŭp′flou′ər)n. Any of various South American plants of the genus Nierembergia of the nightshade family, cultivated as annual bedding plants for their showy purple or sometimes white flowers.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | cupflower - Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throatchalice vine, Solandra guttata, trumpet flowergenus Solandra, Solandra - shrubby climbers of tropical Americabush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | | 2. | cupflower - any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowersnierembergiaherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Nierembergia - genus of tropical American erect or creeping herbs with solitary flowersNierembergia repens, Nierembergia rivularis, whitecup - prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or roseNierembergia frutescens, tall cupflower - shrubby Chilean herb having bluish-white tubular flowers used as an ornamental | EncyclopediaSeeNierembergiacupflower Related to cupflower: nierembergiaSynonyms for cupflowernoun Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throatSynonyms- chalice vine
- Solandra guttata
- trumpet flower
Related Words- genus Solandra
- Solandra
- bush
- shrub
noun any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowersSynonymsRelated Words- herb
- herbaceous plant
- genus Nierembergia
- Nierembergia repens
- Nierembergia rivularis
- whitecup
- Nierembergia frutescens
- tall cupflower
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