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shrimp plant

shrimp plant noun: a tropical Mexican shrub, Justicia brandegeeana, grown ornamentally for the colorful bracts surrounding its flowers.

shrimp plant: a tropical Mexican shrub, Justicia brandegeeana, grown ornamentally for the colorful bracts...
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Noun

shrimp plant (plural shrimp plants)

  1. A tropical Mexican shrub, Justicia brandegeeana, grown ornamentally for the colorful bracts surrounding its flowers.

Forms of shrimp plant

pluralshrimp plants

Questions about shrimp plant

What does shrimp plant mean?
Shrimp plant means a tropical Mexican shrub, Justicia brandegeeana, grown ornamentally for the colorful bracts surrounding its flowers.
What part of speech is shrimp plant?
Shrimp plant is a noun.
What is the plural of shrimp plant?
The plural of shrimp plant is shrimp plants.

Words near shrimp plant in the dictionary

  1. shrimp jammer
  2. shrimp jammers
  3. shrimp net
  4. shrimp nets
  5. shrimp paste
  6. shrimp plant
  7. shrimp plants
  8. shrimp scad
  9. shrimp scampi
  10. shrimp squat
  11. shrimp toast

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