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SWEET UNICORN PLANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet unicorn plant mean?
• SWEET UNICORN PLANT (noun)
The noun SWEET UNICORN PLANT has 1 sense:
1. a herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscidea
Familiarity information: SWEET UNICORN PLANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscidea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Martynia fragrans; Proboscidea fragrans; sweet unicorn plant
Hypernyms ("sweet unicorn plant" 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 ("sweet unicorn plant" 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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