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squirrel corn

squirrel corn noun: dicentra canadensis, a herbaceous plant in the fumitory family with small yellow clustered bulblets, finely dissected leaves, and white heart-shaped flowers, native to deciduous woodland in eastern North America.

Noun

squirrel corn (uncountable)

  1. Dicentra canadensis, a herbaceous plant in the fumitory family with small yellow clustered bulblets, finely dissected leaves, and white heart-shaped flowers, native to deciduous woodland in eastern North America.
    • D. Canadénsis, DC. (Squirrel-Corn). Subterranean shoots tubiferous; leaves and raceme as in No. 1; corolla merely heart-shaped, the spurs very short and rounded; crest of the inner petals conspicuous, projecting.1862, Asa Gray, Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States, page 27
    • SQUIRREL CORN. See Dicentra.1862, G. Ripley, editor, The new American cyclopædia, page 21

Questions about squirrel corn

What does squirrel corn mean?
Squirrel corn means dicentra canadensis, a herbaceous plant in the fumitory family with small yellow clustered bulblets, finely dissected leaves, and white heart-shaped flowers, native to deciduous woodland in eastern North America.
What part of speech is squirrel corn?
Squirrel corn is a noun.

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