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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 face
Familiarity information: GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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