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obedient plant
noun
Origin:
1905–10, Americanism; from the fact that the individual blossoms on the flower spike will remain in whatever position they are placed
1905–10, Americanism; from the fact that the individual blossoms on the flower spike will remain in whatever position they are placed
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| obedient plant | |
noun | |
| North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers [syn: false dragonhead] |
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Obedient plant
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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