little brown jug

English

Noun

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

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

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