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REDBIRD FLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redbird flower mean? 

REDBIRD FLOWER (noun)
  The noun REDBIRD FLOWER has 1 sense:

1. low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic propertiesplay

  Familiarity information: REDBIRD FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REDBIRD FLOWER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Jew-bush; Jew bush; Jewbush; Pedilanthus tithymaloides; redbird cactus; redbird flower

Hypernyms ("redbird flower" is a kind of...):

slipper plant; slipper spurge (any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts)


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