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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
piggyback plant — /ˈpɪgibæk plænt/ (say pigeebak plant) noun an indoor plant, Tolmiea menziesii, with heart shaped, lobed, tooth edged leaves, which form new plants on older leaves …
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
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
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. — See piggyback plant. [1945 50] * * * … Universalium
pickaback plant. — See piggyback plant. [1945 50] … Useful english dictionary
Piggybacking — may refer to: Piggy back (transportation), something that is riding on the back of something else Piggybacking (security), when an authorized person allows (intentionally or unintentionally) others to pass through a secure door Splash cymbal… … Wikipedia
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Adventitiousness — Adventitious, in botany, refers to structures that develop in an unusual place, and in medicine, it refers to conditions acquired after birth. This article discusses adventitious roots, buds and shoots, which are very common in vascular… … Wikipedia
