GENUS DIEFFENBACHIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dieffenbachia mean? 

• GENUS DIEFFENBACHIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS DIEFFENBACHIA has 1 sense:

1. evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants

  Familiarity information: GENUS DIEFFENBACHIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS DIEFFENBACHIA (noun)

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 ("genus 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 "genus 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 ("genus Dieffenbachia" is a member of...):

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)