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SWEET UNICORN PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet unicorn plant mean? 

SWEET UNICORN PLANT (noun)
  The noun SWEET UNICORN PLANT has 1 sense:

1. a herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscideaplay

  Familiarity information: SWEET UNICORN PLANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SWEET UNICORN PLANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscidea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Martynia fragrans; Proboscidea fragrans; sweet unicorn plant

Hypernyms ("sweet unicorn plant" 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 ("sweet unicorn plant" 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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