Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Silphium perfoliatum, a tall, stout composite of the United States, with a square stem and large opposite leaves, the upper pairs connate at the base and forming a cup-like cavity. The flowers are large and yellow.
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A large, tufted, floating insect drifted down from the treetops near the cup-plant.
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