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shrimp plant definition

shrimp plant

a widely grown tropical American plant (Beloperone guttata) of the acanthus family, with long, curving spikes of tiny, white flowers

Etymology: from the fancied resemblance of the spike to the tail of a shrimp

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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