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mother-in-law plant

mother-in-law plant
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [muhth -er-in-law plant, plahnt]
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [muhth -er-in-law plant, plahnt]

Definition of mother-in-law plant words

  • noun mother-in-law plant a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow-blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed. 1

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Origin of mother-in-law plant

First appearance:

before 1690
One of the 49% oldest English words
First recorded in 1690-1700

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Parts of speech for Mother-in-law plant

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

mother-in-law plant popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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