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LOOKING-GLASS PLANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does looking-glass plant mean?
• LOOKING-GLASS PLANT (noun)
The noun LOOKING-GLASS PLANT has 1 sense:
1. small tree of coastal regions of Old World tropics whose leaves are silvery beneath
Familiarity information: LOOKING-GLASS PLANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small tree of coastal regions of Old World tropics whose leaves are silvery beneath
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Heritiera littoralis; looking-glass plant
Hypernyms ("looking-glass plant" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
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