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Cape primrose

noun

any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers

• Hypernyms: ↑streptocarpus

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Streptocarpus

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noun

Usage: usually capitalized C

Etymology: from Cape of Good Hope

: an herb of the genus Streptocarpus cultivated for its primroselike flowers

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streptocarpus.

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Cape primrose noun

The streptocarpus plant

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Main Entry: ↑cape

Useful english dictionary. 2012.