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shrimp plant
noun
- a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata ), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shrimp plant1
First recorded in 1940–45
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Having watched Narsaq decline after the shrimp plant closed, he thinks the town needs a new source of jobs.
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But when the shrimp plant shut down, his father’s variety store began to falter.
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