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slipper plant

DEFINITIONS OF: slipper plant

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n any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts

Synonyms:
slipper spurge
Types:
Pedilanthus bracteatus, Pedilanthus pavonis, candelilla
wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica
Jew bush, Jew-bush, Jewbush, Pedilanthus tithymaloides, redbird cactus, redbird flower
low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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