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A perennial plant native to North America and widely planted as an ornamental: Tolmiea…A perennial plant native to North America and widely planted as an ornamental: Tolmiea menziesii
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A perennial plant native to North America and widely planted as an ornamental: Tolmiea menziesii
More definitions
- vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk
Origin
From the way young plantlets sprout from the middle of older leaves.From the way young plantlets sprout from the middle of older leaves.
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Synonyms
5 synonymsTolmiea menziesii:piggyback planthedge nettlethousand mothers
Close in meaning
- vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk:pickaback plantpiggyback plantTolmiea menziesii
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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