Bishop's cap

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The plant miterwort.

    "Therefore, at Pentecost, which brings The Spring, clothed like a bride, When nestling buds unfold their wings, And bishop's-caps have golden rings, Musing upon many things, I sought the woodlands wide."

  2. 2
    any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter wordnet

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mitellamiterwortmitrewort

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"Therefore, at Pentecost, which brings The Spring, clothed like a bride, When nestling buds unfold their wings, And bishop's-caps have golden rings, Musing upon many things, I sought the woodlands wide."

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