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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.

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Nearby words

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

Origin of shrimp plant

First recorded in 1940–45
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019