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wincopipes

wincopipes is the plural of wincopipe.

Meaning of wincopipe

Noun

wincopipe (plural wincopipes)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) The pimpernel flower, Anagallis arvensis.
    • There is a small red flower in the stubble fields which country people call the wincopipe; which if it open in the morning you may be sure of a fair day to follow1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

Questions about wincopipes

What is wincopipes the plural of?
Wincopipes is the plural of wincopipe.

Words near wincopipes in the dictionary

  1. Winckworth
  2. Winckworths
  3. Wincobank
  4. wincon
  5. wincopipe
  6. wincopipes
  7. wincyette
  8. wincyettes
  9. wind
  10. wind around one's little finger
  11. wind at one's back

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