zebra plant

American

noun

any of several plants having conspicuously striped or veined foliage, as Calathea zebrina, of Brazil.

zebra plant British

noun

See calathea

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In particular the discovery that the golden dead-nettle and the zebra plant use a dual-function flavin-containing monooxygenase, rather than two different cytochrome P450 enzymes as in grasses, was completely unexpected.

From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2023

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