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Noun: bishop's cap
  1. Any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's mitre
    "The delicate flowers of the bishop's cap resembled tiny bishop's hats";
    - miterwort [US], mitrewort [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: bishop's caps

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Mitella, Mitella

Encyclopedia: Bishop's cap