cupflower

cupflower
noun
1. Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat
Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
Member Holonyms: ↑Solandra, ↑genus Solandra
2. any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers
Syn: ↑nierembergia
Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Nierembergia

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
2. : a Chilean plant (Scyphanthus elegans) of the family Loasaceae with yellow flowers
3. : a Mexican shrub (Solandra guttata) of the family Solanaceae

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/kup"flow"euhr/, n.
any of various plants belonging to the genus Nierembergia, of the nightshade family, having showy tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
[CUP + FLOWER]

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