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bishop's cap

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bish⋅op's-cap

[bish-uhps-kap]
–noun
miterwort (def. 1).

Origin:
1830–40, Americanism
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bish·op's cap   (bĭsh'əps)
n.  See miterwort.
mi·ter·wort   (mī'tər-wûrt', -wôrt')   
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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