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bunchflower

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bunch⋅flow⋅er

[buhnch-flou-er]
–noun
1. a stout North American plant, Melanthium virginicum, of the lily family, having grasslike leaves and an open cluster of small greenish flowers.
2. any other plant of the same genus.

Origin:
1810–20, Americanism; bunch + flower
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bunch·flow·er   (bŭnch'flou'ər)   
n.  A perennial herb (Melanthium virginicum) in the lily family, native to the eastern United States and having narrow leaves and a branched cluster of cream-colored or greenish flowers.
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