BAR-ROOM PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bar-room plant mean? 

• BAR-ROOM PLANT (noun)
  The noun BAR-ROOM PLANT has 1 sense:

1. evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant

  Familiarity information: BAR-ROOM PLANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAR-ROOM PLANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

aspidistra; Aspidistra elatio; bar-room plant; cast-iron plant

Hypernyms ("bar-room plant" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("bar-room plant" is a member of...):

genus Aspidistra (genus of eastern Asiatic herbs; sometimes placed in the family Convallariaceae)