noun
tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face
• Syn: ↑Graptophyllum pictum
• Member Holonyms: ↑Graptophyllum, ↑genus Graptophyllum
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nounEtymology: so called from the yellowish leaf blotches, often suggesting a human profile
: an East Indian ornamental foliage plant (Graptophyllum pictum) of the family Acanthaceae
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a tropical Old World shrub, Graptophyllum pictum, of the acanthus family, characterized by purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face.
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caricature plant,
a plant of the acanthus family growing in Indonesia, having curious variegations of the leaves which sometimes look like drawings of grotesque human profiles.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.