| 单词 | dieffenbachia |
| 释义 | dieffenbachia in British English (ˌdiːfənˈbækɪə) noun any plant of the tropical American evergreen perennial genus Dieffenbachia, some species of which are grown as pot plants for their handsome variegated foliage. The plants are poisonous and the sap is extremely acrid: family Araceae Word origin named after Ernst Dieffenbach (died 1855), German horticulturistdieffenbachia in American English (ˌdifənˈbækiə) noun any of a genus (Dieffenbachia) of tropical plants of the arum family, with thick, fleshy jointed stems and large leaves, dark green and often splashed with white: grown as house plants, though poisonous Word origin ModL, after Ernst Dieffenbach (1811-55), 19th-c. Ger botanist + -ia, -iaWord lists with Poisonous plants |
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