piggyback plant
A plant native to moist forests near the coast of northwestern North America, Tolmiea…A plant native to moist forests near the coast of northwestern North America, Tolmiea menziesii, grown as an ornamental groundcover or container plant for its attractive green foliage with plantlets growing from the bases of the leaves.
Meaning
1 sensesA plant native to moist forests near the coast of northwestern North America, Tolmiea menziesii, grown as an ornamental groundcover or container plant for its attractive green foliage with plantlets growing from the bases of the leaves.
- vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk
Forms
plural: piggyback plants| Singular | piggyback plant |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk:pickaback plantyouth-on-ageTolmiea menziesii
See also
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