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cuphea

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cu⋅phe⋅a

[kyoo-fee-uh]
–noun
any of various New World plants belonging to the genus Cuphea, of the loosestrife family, having tubular, usually reddish or purple flowers.

Origin:
< NL (1756), irreg. < Gk kŷph(os) hump (from the protuberance at the base of the calyx tube) + NL -ea -ea
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