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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024as•pi•dis•tra (as′pi dis′trə),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of several plants belonging to the genus Aspidistra, of the lily family, native to eastern Asia, esp. A. eliator, having large evergreen leaves often striped with white, and grown as a houseplant. Also called barroom plant, cast-iron plant, iron plant.
- Greek typís mallet + Latin -tra plural of -trum noun, nominal suffix denoting instrument
- Greek: stem of aspís shield) + -istra, extracted from Tupistra genus of liliaceous plants
- Neo-Latin, equivalent. to aspid- (
- 1815–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: aspidistra /ˌæspɪˈdɪstrə/ n - any Asian plant of the liliaceous genus Aspidistra, esp A. lurida, a popular house plant with long tough evergreen leaves and purplish flowers borne on the ground
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin, from Greek aspis shield, on the model of Tupistra genus of liliaceous plants |