Definition of Scindapsus

1. Noun. Evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazil.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pothos, Genus Scindapsus
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Araceae, Arum Family, Family Araceae
Member holonyms: Pothos

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scindapsus

Scientologist
Scientologists
Scientology
Scilla nonscripta
Scilla verna
Scillies
Scillonian
Scilly Islander
Scilly Islanders
Scilly Islands
Scincella
Scincidae
Scincoidian
Scincoidians
Scincus
Scindapsus
Scindapsus aureus
Sciot
Sciots
Scipio
Scipio Africanus
Scipio Africanus Major
Scipio the Elder
Scirpus
Scirpus acutus
Scirpus cyperinus
Scissors Paper Stone
Sciurus carolinensis
Sciurus griseus
Sciurus hudsonicus

Literary usage of Scindapsus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Emmanuel Le Maout, Joseph Decaisne, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1876)
"Spadix sometimes g below, sometimes 9 below and g above (Monstera, scindapsus); filaments flat; anthers 2-celled, opening longitudinally. ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"scindapsus (an old Greek name, transferred to these plants). ... scindapsus comprises one popular and worthy ..."

3. A History of Music by John Frederick Rowbotham (1886)
"And first there was the scindapsus. And it was a high stringed ... this is what we know of the scindapsus, And next was the ..."

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