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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rhizomatous plant (Agapanthus africanus) of South Africa, grown especially for its umbels of blue, violet, or white funnel-shaped flowers.
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- noun A
plant of thespecies Agapanthus umbellatus having a shortstem bearing atuft of long, narrow, arching leaves 1/2 to 2 ft. long and a central flower stalk 2 to 3 ft. high, ending in anumbel of bright blue, funnel-shapedflowers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers
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