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bishop's cap

bishop's cap

9.9
A small plant that lives for more than one year with a seed pod shaped like a bishop's hat
  • noun
  • /ˈbɪʃəps kæp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : capuchón del obispo
  • The woodland was dotted with delicate bishop's cap plants blooming in the shade.

Examples

  • Gardeners often enjoy the subtle beauty that bishop's cap brings to shaded borders.

  • We identified several wildflowers, including a cluster of bishop's cap near the stream.

  • Look at that bishop's cap!

  • I found a beautiful bishop's cap in the garden.

  • The woodland was dotted with delicate bishop's cap plants blooming in the shade.

  • Gardeners often enjoy the subtle beauty that bishop's cap brings to shaded borders.

  • We identified several wildflowers, including a cluster of bishop's cap near the stream.

Synonyms

miterwort
vsbishop's cap
  • Specialized
9.9

A small woods plant with heart-shaped leaves and small pointed seed pods

is the alternate common name used for the same plants
Mitella
vsbishop's cap
  • Specialized
9.9

Low, thin woodland plants from North America and Asia with small fringed flowers

is one group of species within that genus, not the entire genus

Surface Forms

bishop's cap singular
bishop's caps plural

Morphology

bishop's + cap

The phrase is compositionally built: the possessive 'bishop's' plus 'cap' denotes an object shaped like a bishop's headdress. This naming-by-resemblance is a transparent descriptive pattern (common across languages and in plant names), so a B1 learner who knows 'bishop' and 'cap' can infer the intended shape-based meaning.

Etymology

Bishop's cap gets its name from the plant's small seed capsule that looks like a bishop's tall 'hat'. So the name describes the shape and is used for this little flower.