SWEET UNICORN PLANT

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Meaning:

A herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscidea

Synonyms:

Martynia fragrans; Proboscidea fragrans; sweet unicorn plant

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Nouns denoting plants

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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