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unicorn plant

noun

  1. a North American plant, Proboscidea ( Martynia ) louisianica, having creamy-white to red flowers blotched with purple, and a woody capsule with a long, curved beak.


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Origin of unicorn plant1

First recorded in 1790–1800

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