common unicorn plant

common unicorn plant
noun
annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Proboscidea, ↑genus Proboscidea

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  • elephant-tusk — noun annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak • Syn: ↑common unicorn plant, ↑devil s claw, ↑common devil s claw, ↑proboscis flower, ↑ram s horn, ↑Proboscidea… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Proboscidea louisianica — noun annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak • Syn: ↑common unicorn plant, ↑devil s claw, ↑common devil s claw, ↑elephant tusk, ↑proboscis flower, ↑ram s… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ram's horn — noun annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak • Syn: ↑common unicorn plant, ↑devil s claw, ↑common devil s claw, ↑elephant tusk, ↑proboscis flower,… …   Useful english dictionary

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