| 单词 | piggyback plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspiggyback plant piggyback plant n. a hardy North American perennial, Tolmiea menziesii (family Saxifragaceae), which reproduces by plantlets arising from the sinuses of the leaf-blades and is grown for ground cover. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > saxifrage and allies > [noun] sengreenc1000 wayworta1300 saxifragec1440 stonebreak1548 grass of Parnassus1578 mountain pennywort1578 white liverwort1597 breakstone1688 Parnassia1727 mitella1731 lady's cushion1739 tiarella1759 American bastard sanicle1760 sanicle1760 mitrewort1771 queen's cushion1825 bishop's-cap1839 astilbe1843 coolwort1848 mitrewort1848 rodgersia1874 chrysosplene1877 rockfoil1879 old man's beard1882 foam flower1895 Indian rhubarb1897 mossy1938 piggyback plant1946 heucherella1949 1946 M. Free All about House Plants xviii. 275 The Picka-back Plant has come very much to the fore as a house plant. 1966 D. McClintock Compan. to Flowers viii. 122 Viviparous plants produce bulbils..where usually fruit is... Other plants may have similar shoots from their leaves, e.g. the Pick-a-back plant Tolmiea Menziesii. 1992 Garden Answers Jan. 37 (caption) The piggyback plant, Tolmiea menziesii, is quite hardy and will survive well outside or in a pot. < as lemmas |
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