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Swedish ivy

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noun

any of various plants belonging to the genus Plectranthus, of the mint family, native to the Old World tropics, having rounded, scalloped or toothed leaves and widely cultivated as a houseplant.

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Anywhere else it would be a robust but unremarkable Swedish ivy.

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The Swedish ivy, given its potential for leaks, is an Administration team player first and last.

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"But why, why do you want to look at it?" demanded Sheila Tate, the First Lady's press secretary, of a visiting Swedish ivy enthusiast.

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Thus no single Swedish ivy, it is true, has sat in the Oval Office for two decades.

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Swedish ivies are hardy, but the Oval Office Swedish ivy gets the supervisory horticulturalist's conscientious care.

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