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yupsitanachpírish plant sp., the four-o'clock
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lexicon ID #7198 | revised Feb 17 2016
yupsitanachpírish • N • plant sp., the four-o'clock Mirabilis greenei; or Silene campanulata (Schenck and Gifford, no's. 84 and 88).
Literally: 'baby-plant'
| Derivation: | yupsítanach pírish | (= yúup síit-ar-ach pírish) |
| baby plant | (= eye mouse-having-DIM plant) |
Source: WB 1698.10.1, p.403