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spider plant

noun

  1. Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.


spider plant

noun

  1. any of various house plants, esp Chlorophytum elatum See chlorophytum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spider plant1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

Alla forwards me a photograph of their room with rows of single beds, a cheap rug and a spider plant.

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She took a plant stand with a spider plant home and put it in her building’s hallway as a memento.

I’m trying to incorporate some, like the snake plant and the spider plant.

"My first plant was a spider plant and I just watched it grow and I thought, 'oh my God that's amazing'."

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“Libertarian Socialist solarpunk instance”—I found a photo of someone’s blooming spider plant next to a conversation about the consequences of ethical transparency in hierarchical systems.

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