shrimp plant

noun

a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.

Words nearby shrimp plant

shrieve, shrift, shrike, shrill, shrimp, shrimp plant, shrimper, shrimpfish, shrine, shriner, shrink

Origin of shrimp plant

First recorded in 1940–45