pickaback plant.
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pickaback plant — also called Piggyback Plant (Tolmiea menziesii), hairy leaved herbaceous plant, in the family Saxifragaceae, native to western North America. The pickaback is a popular houseplant, particularly notable for its curious reproductive… … Universalium
pickaback plant — noun vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk • Syn: ↑piggyback plant, ↑youth on age, ↑Tolmiea menziesii • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Mem … Useful english dictionary
pickaback plant. — See piggyback plant. [1945 50] … Useful english dictionary
piggyback plant — noun vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk • Syn: ↑pickaback plant, ↑youth on age, ↑Tolmiea menziesii • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Mem … Useful english dictionary
herbaceous plant — noun a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests • Syn: ↑herb • Derivationally related forms: ↑herbal (for: ↑herb) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
piggyback plant — a plant, Tolmiea menziesii, of the saxifrage family, native to western North America, that produces new plants at the base of its broad, hairy leaves and that is popular as a houseplant. Also called pickaback plant. * * * … Universalium
Saxifragaceae — ▪ plant family the saxifrage family of flowering plants, in the order Rosales, comprising 36 genera of mostly perennial dicotyledonous herbs. The members are cosmopolitan in distribution but native primarily to northern cold and temperate… … Universalium
youth-on-age — noun vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk • Syn: ↑pickaback plant, ↑piggyback plant, ↑Tolmiea menziesii • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • … Useful english dictionary
genus Tolmiea — noun one species: pickaback plant • Syn: ↑Tolmiea • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Saxifragaceae, ↑family Saxifragaceae, ↑saxifrage family … Useful english dictionary
Tolmiea — noun one species: pickaback plant • Syn: ↑genus Tolmiea • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Saxifragaceae, ↑family Saxifragaceae, ↑saxifra … Useful english dictionary
