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CHINCHERINCHEE

Dictionary entry overview: What does chincherinchee mean?

• CHINCHERINCHEE (noun)
The noun CHINCHERINCHEE has 1 sense:

1. South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers

Familiarity information: CHINCHERINCHEE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CHINCHERINCHEE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

chincherinchee; Ornithogalum thyrsoides; wonder flower

Hypernyms ("chincherinchee" is a kind of...):

star-of-Bethlehem (any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers)

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