EPIPREMNUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Epipremnum mean? 

• EPIPREMNUM (noun)
  The noun EPIPREMNUM has 1 sense:

1. small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areas

  Familiarity information: EPIPREMNUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPIPREMNUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Epipremnum; genus Epipremnum

Hypernyms ("Epipremnum" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Epipremnum"):

Epipremnum aureum; golden pothos; ivy arum; pothos; Scindapsus aureus (evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage)

Holonyms ("Epipremnum" is a member of...):

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)