English word mossycup comes from English cup, English mossy (Covered in or overgrown with moss. (Australia) mosquito.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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cup | English (eng) | (transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.. (transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.. (transitive, engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.. (transitive, obsolete) To supply with cups of wine.. (transitive, surgery, archaic) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. (Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 [...] |
mossy | English (eng) | Covered in or overgrown with moss. (Australia) mosquito. |
mossycup | English (eng) | The bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa). |