cup-and-saucer

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noun (1)

: a plant that is a cultivated variety (Campanula medium calycanthema) of the Canterbury bell

cup-and-saucer limpet

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noun (2)

variants or less commonly cup-and-saucer

: a mollusk of the family Calyptraeidae

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

so called from the shape of the flower

Noun (2)

so called from the shape of the inverted shell, the inner shelf of which resembles a cup sitting on the saucer-shaped outer shell

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Rhymes for cup-and-saucer

• crosser
• rosser
• saucer