leafcup

English

Etymology

leaf +‎ cup

Noun

leafcup (plural leafcups)

  1. A coarse American composite weed, Smallanthus uvedalia[1].
  2. A perennial herb, Polymnia canadensis
  3. A rare perennial or annual herb found only in Tennessee and Georgia, Polymnia laevigata
  4. A rare herb, Polymnia johnbeckii found only in patches along the Tennessee River.
  5. An annual wildflower found only in Arkansas, Polymnia cossatotensis.

Derived terms
  • Beck's leafcup
  • hairy leafcup
  • small-flowered leafcup
  • whiteflower leafcup
  • yellow flower leafcup

References
  1. “leafcup”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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