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monkey flower

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monkey flower
n.
Any of various herbs or shrubs of the genus Mimulus, having variously colored, two-lipped flowers.

[From the pattern of spots on its flowers.]

monkey flower
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various scrophulariaceous plants of the genus Mimulus, cultivated for their yellow or red flowers See also musk [3]


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