life plant

noun

Origin of life plant

First recorded in 1850–55

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I'm not altogether satisfied about this life-plant, although I know 'Crombie wouldn't joke with me about so serious a matter.
A Maid of the Kentucky Hills
Edwin Carlile Litsey
It is true I had found nothing which resembled the life-plant in the least, and already I had traveled far.
A Maid of the Kentucky Hills
Edwin Carlile Litsey
I also questioned 'Crombie about the life-plant, for I had never been quite easy on the subject.
A Maid of the Kentucky Hills
Edwin Carlile Litsey
The life-plant is the most peculiar growth in nature, and cannot be confounded with anything else.
A Maid of the Kentucky Hills
Edwin Carlile Litsey