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DIEFFENBACHIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dieffenbachia mean?
• DIEFFENBACHIA (noun)
The noun DIEFFENBACHIA has 1 sense:
1. evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants
Familiarity information: DIEFFENBACHIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dieffenbachia; genus Dieffenbachia
Hypernyms ("Dieffenbachia" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Dieffenbachia"):
Dieffenbachia sequine; dumb cane; mother-in-law's tongue; mother-in-law plant (an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name)
Holonyms ("Dieffenbachia" is a member of...):
Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)
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