little brown jug

noun

A low-growing plant native to the eastern US with inconspicuous green or brown flowers shaped like tiny jugs, Hexastylis arifolia.

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Meanings

nounlittle brown jug (usually uncountable, plural little brown jugs)

plural little brown jugs

  1. uncountableusuallyA low-growing plant native to the eastern US with inconspicuous green or brown flowers shaped like tiny jugs, Hexastylis arifolia.
  2. uncountableusuallyAny of several other plants belonging to the genera Hexastylis or Asarum, all of which have similar flowers.
  3. uncountableusuallyThe jug-like flower of one of these plants.
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