suncup

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noun

The evening primrose.

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Meanings

nounsuncup (plural suncups)

plural suncups

  1. The evening primrose.

    In spring, this meadow glows with bright orange California poppies and yellow suncups; by summer, golden oat grass covers the sloping fields.

    2008, Jean Rusmore, Bay Area Ridge Trail
  2. A bowl-shaped open depression in a snow surface, formed by ablation.

Origin

From sun + cup.

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APA

suncup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suncup

MLA

“suncup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suncup. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suncup,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suncup.

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