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obedient plant

obedient plant noun: a flowering plant in the mint family, Physostegia virginiana, native to eastern North America and known for the way that individual flowers stay in the position they're moved to when pushed to one side or the other.

obedient plant: a flowering plant in the mint family, Physostegia virginiana, native to eastern North America and...
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Noun

obedient plant (plural obedient plants)

  1. A flowering plant in the mint family, Physostegia virginiana, native to eastern North America and known for the way that individual flowers stay in the position they're moved to when pushed to one side or the other.

Forms of obedient plant

pluralobedient plants

Questions about obedient plant

What does obedient plant mean?
Obedient plant means a flowering plant in the mint family, Physostegia virginiana, native to eastern North America and known for the way that individual flowers stay in the position they're moved to when pushed to one side or the other.
What part of speech is obedient plant?
Obedient plant is a noun.
What is the plural of obedient plant?
The plural of obedient plant is obedient plants.

Words near obedient plant in the dictionary

  1. obedienciaries
  2. obedienciary
  3. obediencies
  4. obediency
  5. obedient
  6. obedient plant
  7. obedient plants
  8. obediential
  9. obedientially
  10. obedientialness
  11. obedientiar

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