Scindapsus
noun
Scin·dap·sus
sinˈdapsə̇s
: a genus of climbing vines (family Araceae) chiefly of eastern Asia and Australasia, having ovate often variegated leaves, sometimes replaced by phyllodia and flowers in a short spadix subtended by a green spathe compare anthurium see ivy-arum
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek skindapsos, an ivylike tree
First Known Use
1848, in the meaning defined above