Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lobeliaceous plant, Heterotoma lobelioides, from Mexico, with yellow irregular flowers somewhat resembling a bird. Also called
canary-bird flower .
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Examples
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The bird-plant rose above the highest decaying spire of Castle Zombie, above the tattered and slimy zombie flag, and above most of the trees of the region.
Dragon on a Pedestal Anthony, Piers 1983
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She nudged the bird-plant with her knee and it took off.
Dragon on a Pedestal Anthony, Piers 1983
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She nudged the bird-plant, and made it another upward loop.
Dragon on a Pedestal Anthony, Piers 1983
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They glided to the turret, the bird-plant still trying to balk.
Dragon on a Pedestal Anthony, Piers 1983
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a kind of bird-plant, to take you to Tarfeather, the Foke's present secret home.
In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984
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