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caricature plant
noun
- a tropical Old World shrub, Graptophyllum pictum, of the acanthus family, characterized by purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face.
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I have never heard of the cultivation of the Caricature Plant in this country; but botanists tell us that it is a hardy shrub.
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