dancing–girls
noun plural but singular or plural in construction
Definition of dancing–girls
: an East Indian herb (Mantisia saltatoria) sometimes cultivated in greenhouses for its purple-and-yellow flowers
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Origin and Etymology of dancing–girls
so called from the fancied resemblance of the flowers to ballet dancers
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