fringe cups
- noun
- US
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copas de flecos
- She identified the delicate fringe cups by their pale pink flowers clustered in racemes.
Examples
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The woodland trail was lined with fringe cups blooming in the spring sunlight.
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Botanists studied the fringe cups for their unique fringed petals and distribution range.
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The fringe cups bloom beautifully in the spring.
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I love the delicate flowers of the fringe cup.
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The woodland trail was lined with fringe cups blooming in the spring sunlight.
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She identified the delicate fringe cups by their pale pink flowers clustered in racemes.
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Botanists studied the fringe cups for their unique fringed petals and distribution range.
Synonyms
A plant that grows in clumps with leaves mostly at the base and pale, fringed flowers on long spikes
A plant from western North America with clumps of low leaves and pale fringed flowers on long stalks
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally descriptive: 'fringe' (fringed edges) modifies 'cups' (cup-shaped objects), so a learner who knows both words can infer something like cup-shaped things with fringes — a natural description for a flower. English plant names commonly follow this pattern, so the core meaning (a plant with fringed, cup-like flowers) is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Fringe cups comes from the look of the flowers: each small cup has a fringe of thin petal edges that look like tiny ruffles. So the name describes the 'fringed' 'cups' and helps you remember the plant.
