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OBEDIENT PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does obedient plant mean? 

OBEDIENT PLANT (noun)
  The noun OBEDIENT PLANT has 1 sense:

1. North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


OBEDIENT PLANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

false dragon head; false dragonhead; obedient plant; Physostegia virginiana

Hypernyms ("obedient plant" is a kind of...):

physostegia (any of various plants of the genus Physostegia having sessile linear to oblong leaves and showy white or rose or lavender flowers)


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