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əpsˌkæp
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| bish·op's cap (bĭsh'əps)
n. See miterwort. |
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mi·ter·wort
 (mī'tər-wûrt', -wôrt') Pronunciation Key
n. Any of several North American plants of the genus Mitella, having heart-shaped leaves and clusters of small white flowers with pinnately divided petals. Also called bishop's cap. [From the shape of its capsule.] |
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| bishop's cap | |
noun | |
| any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter [syn: miterwort] |
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