cast-iron plant

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [as-pi-dis-truh]
- /ˌæs pɪˈdɪs trə/
- /kɑːst ˈaɪən plɑːnt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [as-pi-dis-truh]
- /ˌæs pɪˈdɪs trə/

Definition of cast-iron plant words

noun cast-iron plant any of several plants belonging to the genus Aspidistra, of the lily family, native to eastern Asia, especially A. eliator, having large evergreen leaves often striped with white, and grown as a houseplant. 1

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Origin of cast-iron plant

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before 1815

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1815-25; < New Latin, equivalent to aspid- (< Greek: stem of aspís shield) + -istra, extracted from Tupistra genus of liliaceous plants < Greek typís mallet + Latin -tra plural of -trum noun suffix denoting instrument

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