HyperDic: cruel_plant

English > 1 sense of the expression cruel plant:
NOUNplantcruel plant, Araujia sericoferarobust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn
English > cruel plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningRobust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn.
SynonymAraujia sericofera
Member ofAraujia, genus Araujiasmall genus of South American evergreen vines
BroadervineA plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

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