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PROBOSCIS FLOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does proboscis flower mean?
• PROBOSCIS FLOWER (noun)
The noun PROBOSCIS FLOWER has 1 sense:
1. annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
Familiarity information: PROBOSCIS FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common devil's claw; common unicorn plant; devil's claw; elephant-tusk; Proboscidea louisianica; proboscis flower; ram's horn
Hypernyms ("proboscis flower" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("proboscis flower" is a member of...):
genus Proboscidea; Proboscidea (in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants)
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