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GENUS SCINDAPSUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Scindapsus mean?
• GENUS SCINDAPSUS (noun)
The noun GENUS SCINDAPSUS has 1 sense:
1. evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazil
Familiarity information: GENUS SCINDAPSUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Pothos; genus Scindapsus; Scindapsus
Hypernyms ("genus Scindapsus" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Scindapsus"):
pothos (any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus)
Holonyms ("genus Scindapsus" is a member of...):
Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)
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