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Definition of phuopsis

phuopsis

/fjuːˈɑːp.sɪs/
phu · op · sis

Plural:phuopses
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phuopsis Lexical Profile

• noun

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A low-growing, mat-forming perennial flowering plant of the monotypic genus Phuopsis (specifically Phuopsis stylosa, commonly called Caucasian crosswort) in the family Rubiaceae, native to the Caucasus and northern Iran, cultivated as an ornamental groundcover for its whorled, aromatic foliage and dense, spherical terminal clusters of small, tubular, rose-pink blossoms.

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