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eucharis

eucharis noun: a type of plant of the genus Eucharis, found in Central and South America and with white flowers.

eucharis: a type of plant of the genus Eucharis, found in Central and South America and with white flowers
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Noun

eucharis (plural eucharises)

  1. A type of plant of the genus Eucharis, found in Central and South America and with white flowers.
    • But sometimes they are gentle and soft like the dew on the lips of the eucharis Before the sun comes warm with his lover's kiss, You are sea-foam, pure with the star's loveliness, Not mortal, a flower, a fairy, too fair for the beauty-shorn earth, All wonderful things, all beautiful things, gave of...1922, Edited by James Weldon Johnson, The Book of American Negro Poetry
    • As a cut bloom, the Christmas Rose vies with the eucharis and pancratium.1884, John Wood, Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers

Forms of eucharis

pluraleucharises

Origin of eucharis

From the genus name.

Questions about eucharis

What does eucharis mean?
Eucharis means a type of plant of the genus Eucharis, found in Central and South America and with white flowers.
What part of speech is eucharis?
Eucharis is a noun.
What is the plural of eucharis?
The plural of eucharis is eucharises.

Words near eucharis in the dictionary

  1. eucentricity
  2. eucephalic
  3. eucephalous
  4. Euchaneia
  5. Euchareena
  6. eucharis
  7. eucharises
  8. eucharist
  9. eucharistial
  10. eucharistic
  11. Eucharistic Prayer

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