[fil-uh-den-druh
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| a tropical American climbing plant belonging to the genus Philodendron, of the arum family, usually having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, often used as an ornamental houseplant. |
phil·o·den·dron (fĭl'ə-děn'drən)  (click for larger image in new window) n. pl. phil·o·den·drons or phil·o·den·dra (-drə) Any of various climbing tropical American plants of the genus Philodendron, many of which are cultivated as houseplants. [New Latin Philodendron, genus name, from Greek, neuter of philodendros, fond of trees (from the fact that in its tropical American habitat it twines around trees) : philo-, philo- + dendron, tree; see deru- in Indo-European roots.] |