Scindapsus

noun

Scin·​dap·​sus

sinˈdapsə̇s

: a genus of climbing vines (family Araceae) chiefly of eastern Asia and Australasia, having ovate often variegated leaves, sometimes replaced by phyllodia and flowers in a short spadix subtended by a green spathe compare anthurium see ivy-arum

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek skindapsos, an ivylike tree

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

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