A large monstera with perforated leaves (supposedly resembling the holes in a Swiss cheese), popularly grown as a houseplant while young, and with creamy spathes followed by pineapple-flavoured fruit when mature.
Monstera deliciosa, family Araceae
Example sentencesExamples
- I got a tiny offshoot of what might be a swiss cheese plant.
- Popular plants such as weeping figs and the Swiss cheese plant are ideal.
- I bought a swiss cheese plant from a local nursery about a year ago.