noun
prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose
• Syn: ↑Nierembergia repens, ↑Nierembergia rivularis
• Hypernyms: ↑cupflower, ↑nierembergia
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Nierembergia
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun : a prostrate woody Argentine herb (Nierembergia rivularis) with white or rarely blue-tinged or rose-tinged tubular flowers
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/hwuyt"kup', wuyt"-/, n.
a creeping South American plant, Nierembergia repens, of the nightshade family, having bell-shaped, lilac- or blue-tinged, cream-white flowers.
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.