fairy cup

/ˌfɛri kəp/
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Other forms: fairy cups

Definitions of fairy cup
  1. noun
    a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp
    synonyms: Peziza coccinea, blood cup
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    type of:
    cup fungus, discomycete
    any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes
  2. noun
    miterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that terminate in erect racemes of white flowers
    synonyms: Mitella diphylla
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    type of:
    bishop's cap, miterwort, mitrewort
    any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter
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