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RAM'S HORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ram's horn mean? 

RAM'S HORN (noun)
  The noun RAM'S HORN has 1 sense:

1. annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beakplay

  Familiarity information: RAM'S HORN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RAM'S HORN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common devil's claw; common unicorn plant; devil's claw; elephant-tusk; Proboscidea louisianica; proboscis flower; ram's horn

Hypernyms ("ram's horn" 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 ("ram's horn" 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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