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Aspidistra   Listen
noun
aspidistra  n.  
1.
An evergreen perennial (Aspidistra elatio) with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant.
Synonyms: cast-iron plant, bar-room plant





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"Aspidistra" Quotes from Famous Books



... shillings—four shillings. Freshers who neglect to take advantage of this opportunity will be compelled to content themselves with one of these common china articles to my left. A flowerpot is a necessary article of furniture without which no room is complete. What is home without an aspidistra? You laugh, ladies, but you can find no answer to that question. And six! Five shillings! The raw material for this masterpiece must have cost many times this sum. Five—five—no advance on five. The lady in green, Joshua. ...
— A College Girl • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


Words linked to "Aspidistra" :   Aspidistra elatio, bar-room plant, cast-iron plant, genus Aspidistra, herb


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