bishop's cap

1. 1.

   any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter

   Synonymsmiterwortmitrewort

   Broaderherb

   Narrowerfairy cupfive-point bishop's cap

   Part ofMitella

Questions about bishop's cap

What does bishop's cap mean?

bishop's cap means "any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter".

What is another word for bishop's cap?

Close synonyms include miterwort, mitrewort. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bishop's cap a common word?

bishop's cap is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.