ceropegia

[ seer-uh-pee-jee-uh, -juh ]

noun

1. any of various, usually climbing or trailing, plants of the genus Ceropegia, native to the Old World tropics and often cultivated as houseplants.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ceropegia¹

< New Latin (Linnaeus) < Greek kēro- cero- + New Latin -pegia, perhaps < Greek -pēgia, noun derivative of pēgnýnai to stick in, fix in; perhaps to be taken as “candle holder”; compare Linnaeus' specific name candelabrum