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GRAPTOPHYLLUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Graptophyllum mean?
• GRAPTOPHYLLUM (noun)
The noun GRAPTOPHYLLUM has 1 sense:
1. caricature plant
Familiarity information: GRAPTOPHYLLUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Caricature plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Graptophyllum; Graptophyllum
Hypernyms ("Graptophyllum" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Graptophyllum"):
caricature plant; Graptophyllum pictum (tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face)
Holonyms ("Graptophyllum" is a member of...):
Acanthaceae; acanthus family; family Acanthaceae (widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales)
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