| 单词 | shrimp plant |
| 释义 | shrimp plant in American English a widely grown tropical American plant (Beloperone guttata) of the acanthus family, with long, curving spikes of tiny, white flowers Word origin from the fancied resemblance of the spike to the tail of a shrimpshrimp plant in American Englishnoun 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 Word origin [1940–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rh factor, black box, blockbuster, sealant, set-aside |
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