shrimp plant

noun

1. a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (orBeloperone 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shrimp plant¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Having watched Narsaq decline after the shrimp plant closed, he thinks the town needs a new source of jobs.

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But when the shrimp plant shut down, his father’s variety store began to falter.

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