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bishop's-cap

bish·op's-cap
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bish-uh ps-kap]
    • /ˈbɪʃ əpsˌkæp/
    • /ˈbɪ.ʃəps kæp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bish-uh ps-kap]
    • /ˈbɪʃ əpsˌkæp/

Definitions of bishop's-cap word

  • noun bishop's-cap any of a genus (Mitella) of small woodland plants of the saxifrage family, with two-lobed seedcases shaped like a bishop's hat 3
  • noun bishop's-cap miterwort. 1

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Origin of bishop's-cap

First appearance:

before 1830
One of the 36% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1830-40

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Parts of speech for Bishop's-cap

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bishop's-cap popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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