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单词 pelican flower
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pelican flower
pelican flower n. a West Indian and Central American climbing plant, Aristolochia grandiflora, having a curved flower thought to resemble a pelican; also called swan plant.
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1814 J. Lunan Hortus Jamaicensis II. 46 Pelican Flower, or Poison Hog-Weed... The flower is of a very singular structure... The tube is nearly nine inches in length, recurved..bent back.
1939 Florida: Guide to Southernmost State (Federal Writers' Project) iii. 317 Sunken Gardens..exhibiting such curiosities as..the pelican flower.
2002 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 6 Nov. a28 With its huge, drooping petals, the bright red pelican flower looks like a bat flying through the air.
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