Swedish ivy

American  

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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Example Sentences

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

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In fact, Swedish ivy arrived in the exalted place only during the Kennedy Administration, succeeding Ike's grape ivies and plebeian philodendrons.

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

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Reported by Christopher Redman/Washington and Adam Zagorin/New York Presidents come and go, but the Swedish ivy stays Even at this time of year, Washington, D.C., is crawling with flowers and plants.

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