looking-glass plant

/glæs plænt/
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Definitions of looking-glass plant
  1. noun
    small tree of coastal regions of Old World tropics whose leaves are silvery beneath
    synonyms: Heritiera littoralis
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    type of:
    angiospermous tree, flowering tree
    any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
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