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CRUEL PLANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 dawn
Synonyms:
Araujia sericofera; cruel plant
Classified under:
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)