pothos

American  

[poh-thos, -thuhs, poth-ohs, -uhs] / ˈpoʊ θɒs, -θəs, ˈpɒθ oʊs, -əs /

noun

• pothos,
  plural
• pothoses
  plural

1. any of various tropical climbing vines belonging to the genera Pothos and Epipremnum, of the arum family, especially E. aureum, widely cultivated for its variegated foliage.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pothos
  plural
• pothoses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pothos

< New Latin (Linnaeus), said to be < Sinhalese

Example Sentences

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pothos pothoses

“I grabbed a festive disco ball planter with a pothos in it, came home to put it on our windowsill, and I was just so excited,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025

You may find yourself loitering near the kitchen island, pretending to study a hanging pothos while calculating whether it’s worth another scoop.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025

Researchers at the University of Washington have genetically modified pothos plants with a synthetic version of a "green liver" protein found in rabbits, which can process chloroform and benzene.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2023

Common choices are the golden pothos, marble green pothos, jade pothos and neon pothos.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

The tree trunks were hidden by climbing ferns and by a white variegated fleshy-leafed pothos.

From Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines by Walker, H. Wilfrid

It rained violently, but the pothoses, arums, and lianas, furnished so thick a natural trellis, that we were sheltered as under a vault of foliage.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von