unicorn plant

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Definition of unicorn plant in English English dictionary

Any of several annual North American herbs of the genus Proboscidea, having large leaves with long petioles and axillary racemes of large purple or creamy-white flowers, grown for their slender protuberant seed pods which may be pickled like cucumbers when young or dried for use in ornamental arrangements

Related Terms

common unicorn plant

annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak

sweet unicorn plant

a herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscidea

Hyphenation

u·ni·corn plant

Turkish pronunciation

yunîkôrn plänt

Pronunciation

/ˈyo͞onəˌkôrn ˈplant/ /ˈjuːnɪˌkɔːrn ˈplænt/