SCINDAPSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scindapsus mean? 

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

1. evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazil

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCINDAPSUS (noun)

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 ("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 "Scindapsus"):

pothos (any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus)

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

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