POTHOS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does pothos mean? 

• POTHOS (noun)
  The noun POTHOS has 2 senses:

1. any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus

2. evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage

  Familiarity information: POTHOS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POTHOS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

liana (a woody climbing usually tropical plant)

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

genus Pothos; genus Scindapsus; Scindapsus (evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazil)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Epipremnum aureum; golden pothos; ivy arum; pothos; Scindapsus aureus

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

liana (a woody climbing usually tropical plant)

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

Epipremnum; genus Epipremnum (small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areas)

 Context examples 

The researchers developed a synthetic version of the gene and through slow and complicated measures eventually introduce it to the pothos ivy so that every cell in the plant expressed the protein.

(Common Houseplant with Genetic Modification Can Remove Polluted Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Scientists have genetically modified a common houseplant called pothos ivy or devil’s ivy that can remove chloroform and benzene from the air around it.

(Common Houseplant with Genetic Modification Can Remove Polluted Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)