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    CRUEL PLANT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawnplay

    Synonyms:

    Araujia sericofera; cruel plant

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

    Holonyms ("cruel plant" is a member of...):

    Araujia; genus Araujia (small genus of South American evergreen vines)

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