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GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM

Dictionary entry overview: What does Graptophyllum pictum mean?

• GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM (noun)
The noun GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM has 1 sense:

1. tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face

Familiarity information: GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM (noun)

Sense 1

Graptophyllum pictum ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

caricature plant; Graptophyllum pictum

Hypernyms ("Graptophyllum pictum" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)

Holonyms ("Graptophyllum pictum" is a member of...):

genus Graptophyllum; Graptophyllum (caricature plant)

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