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Pothos

noun

Any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus.

Evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage. Synonyms: Epipremnum aureum, golden pothos, ivy arum, Scindapsus aureus.

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"Pothos" Quotes from Famous Books

... borders and beds were gay with the lily, the bacchar, amber-coloured and purple, the golden abrotomus, the red chelidonium, and the variegated iris. Against the wall of the house were trained pomegranates, with their crimson blossoms, the star-like pothos or jessamine, and the symbolical passionflower, which ...

— Callista • John Henry Cardinal Newman

... Mammee-tree and the Genipa, with large and shining leaves, raise their branches vertically towards the sky; while those of the Courbaril and the Erythrina form, as they extend themselves, a thick vault of verdure. Plants of the family of Pothos with succulent stems, Oxalises, and Orchideae of a singular construction, rise in the driest clefts of the rocks; while creeping plants waving in the winds are interwoven in festoons before the opening of the cavern. We distinguished in these festoons a Bignonia of ...

— At Last • Charles Kingsley

... eternal snow, crushing the Alpine lichen under my heel; while down in the deep barranca, far down below, I behold the feathery fronds of the palm, the wax-like foliage of the orange, the broad shining leaves of the pothos, of arums, and bananas! O that I could again look with living eye on these bright pictures, that even thus palely outlined upon the retina of memory, impart pleasure to ...

— The War Trail - The Hunt of the Wild Horse • Mayne Reid