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GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Graptophyllum pictum mean? 

GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM (noun)
  The noun GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM has 1 sense:

1. tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human faceplay

  Familiarity information: GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

caricature plant; Graptophyllum pictum

Hypernyms ("Graptophyllum pictum" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Graptophyllum pictum" is a member of...):

genus Graptophyllum; Graptophyllum (caricature plant)


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