bishop's-cap

[bish-uhps-kap]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

miterwort.

bishop's-cap

noun

another name for mitrewort

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bishop's-cap¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

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Example Sentences

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In several bits of old swampy wood one may still find, usually close together, the Hobble-Bush and the Painted Trillium, the Mitella, or Bishop's-Cap, and the snowy Tiarella.