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philodendron

phil·o·den·dron [ fìllə déndrən ] (plural phil·o·den·drons or phil·o·den·dra [ fìllə déndrə ])


noun 
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tropical American climbing plant: a climbing plant of the arum family, grown as a house plant for its evergreen leaves. Native to: tropical America.  Genus Philodendron.

[Late 19th century. Via modern Latin< Greek< philodendros "loving trees" (because it climbs trees in its native habitat) < dendron "tree"]
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