prayer plant

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词形变化

prayer plants 复数 prayer plants

释义与例句

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    A tropical Brazilian plant related to arrowroot, Maranta leuconeura, grown as a houseplant for its attractive foliage.

词源

The way the leaves close and raise upward at night is said to be reminiscent of hands in prayer

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