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GRAPTOPHYLLUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Caricature plant

Synonyms:

genus Graptophyllum; Graptophyllum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Graptophyllum"):

caricature plant; Graptophyllum pictum (tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face)

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

Acanthaceae; acanthus family; family Acanthaceae (widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales)

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