cup·flow·er (k p flou  r)n. Any of various South American plants of the genus Nierembergia, cultivated as annual bedding plants for their showy purple or sometimes white flowers. |
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| Noun | 1. |  cupflower - Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throatgenus Solandra, Solandra - shrubby climbers of tropical America |
| 2. |  cupflower - any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowersherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Nierembergia - genus of tropical American erect or creeping herbs with solitary flowers Nierembergia repens, Nierembergia rivularis, whitecup - prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose Nierembergia frutescens, tall cupflower - shrubby Chilean herb having bluish-white tubular flowers used as an ornamental |
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