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cup plant Synonyms

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• noun (Context 1)

A tall perennial wildflower of the aster family (Silphium perfoliatum), native to eastern and central North America, bearing showy, sunflower-like yellow blossoms and opposite leaves whose bases fuse around the square stem to form water-holding cups.

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"Goldfinches and native bees frequently visit the silphium in late summer to feed on its bright yellow blossoms and drink from the rainwater collected in its leaves."

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