suncup

noun — 2 senses

suncup

noun

Etymology From sun + cup.

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.

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