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scindapsus|sɪnˈdæpsəs|
[mod.L. (H. W. Schott Meletemata Botanica (1832) 21), f. Gr. σκινδαψός a plant resembling ivy.]
A tropical climbing plant of the genus so called, belonging to the family Araceæ and native to Malaysia, esp. Scindapsus pictus, which has large variegated leaves and is often cultivated as a house plant. Cf. Pothos, the former name of the genus Scindapsus.
1946M. Free All about House Plants xiii. 103 Scindapsus, Hoya, and others..attach themselves to supports by aerial roots. 1959Listener 17 Dec. 1094/3 Variegated scindapsus must have plenty of light. 1980A. Huxley Huxley's House of Plants 102/1 Philodendrons, and scindapsus (devil's ivy), will do better growing around a moss cylinder. |