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AGLAONEMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Aglaonema mean?
• AGLAONEMA (noun)
The noun AGLAONEMA has 1 sense:
1. climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen
Familiarity information: AGLAONEMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Aglaonema; genus Aglaonema
Hypernyms ("Aglaonema" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Aglaonema"):
Aglaonema modestum; Chinese evergreen; Japanese leaf (erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves)
Holonyms ("Aglaonema" is a member of...):
Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)
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