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PHILODENDRON (philodendra)
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Irregular inflected form: philodendra
Dictionary entry overview: What does philodendron mean?
• PHILODENDRON (noun)
The noun PHILODENDRON has 1 sense:
1. often grown as a houseplant
Familiarity information: PHILODENDRON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Often grown as a houseplant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("philodendron" is a kind of...):
liana (a woody climbing usually tropical plant)
Holonyms ("philodendron" is a member of...):
genus Philodendron (any of several tropical American climbing plants with smooth shiny evergreen leaves)
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