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mother-of-thousands

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moth⋅er-of-thou⋅sands

[muhth-er-uhv-thou-zuhndz]
–noun, plural -sands. (used with a singular or plural verb)
strawberry geranium.

Origin:
1850–55

strawberry geranium

–noun
a plant, Saxifraga stolonifera (or S. sarmentosa), of the saxifrage family, native to eastern Asia, that has rounded, variegated leaves and numerous threadlike stolons and is frequently cultivated as a houseplant.


Origin:
1875–80
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mother-of-thousands

noun
eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons [syn: strawberry geranium
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