scindapsus
/ (sɪnˈdæpsəs) /
noun
any plant of the tropical Asiatic climbing genus Scindapsus, typically stem rooting, esp S. aureus and S. pictus, grown as greenhouse or house plants for their leathery heart-shaped variegated leaves: family Araceae
Origin of scindapsus
1New Latin, from Greek skindapsos an ivy-like plant
Words Nearby scindapsus
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How to use scindapsus in a sentence
scindapsus, which was used as a medicine, has actually retained a Sanskrit name, "vustiva."
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