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Swedish ivy

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noun

  1. 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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It would be difficult, and maybe impossible, for any one Swedish ivy to serve indefinitely as The Plant, the apotheosis of U.S. household horticulture.

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

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The Swedish ivy, however, is above the rest, literally and figuratively.

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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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