Artillery plant
a spreading, tropical american plant, pilea microphylla, of the nettle family, having small, fleshy leaves and green flowers, grown as a curiosity because the pollen is discharged explosively when dry.
noun
any of various tropical urticaceous plants of the genus pilea, such as p. microphylla, all having stamens that discharge their pollen explosively
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characterized by a showy, pretentious, and often spurious display of artistic interest, manner, or mannerism. a male given name, form of . . contemporary examples once she became a “pro”, however, she abandoned her arty ways and stuck to a more doc-mentary style. india’s modern eye blake gopnik july 16, 2012 cosmopolis is too arty […]
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