HyperDic: common_unicorn_plant

English > 1 sense of the expression common unicorn plant:
NOUNplantcommon unicorn plant, devil's claw, common devil's claw, elephant-tusk, proboscis flower, ram's horn, Proboscidea louisianicaannual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
English > common unicorn plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAnnual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak.
Synonymsdevil's claw, common devil's claw, elephant-tusk, proboscis flower, ram's horn, Proboscidea louisianica
Member ofProboscidea, genus ProboscideaIn some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem

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