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hose-in-hose

hose-in-hose adjective: having a duplication of the corolla, as though a second one were inserted in the throat of the first.

Adjective

hose-in-hose (not comparable)

  1. Having a duplication of the corolla, as though a second one were inserted in the throat of the first.

Questions about hose-in-hose

What does hose-in-hose mean?
Hose-in-hose means having a duplication of the corolla, as though a second one were inserted in the throat of the first.
What part of speech is hose-in-hose?
Hose-in-hose is an adjective.

Words near hose-in-hose in the dictionary

  1. hose tower
  2. Hose's civet
  3. Hose's civets
  4. Hose's palm civet
  5. Hose's palm civets
  6. hose-in-hose
  7. hose-whip
  8. hose-whips
  9. Hosea
  10. hosebag
  11. hosebags

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