dieffenbachia
dieffenbachia
Definition
dief·fen·bach·ia (dēf′ən bak′ē ə)
noun
any of a genus (Dieffenbachia) of tropical plants of the arum family, with thick, fleshy jointed stems and large leaves, dark green and often splashed with white: grown as house plants, though poisonous
Etymology: ModL, after Ernst Dieffenbach (1811-55), 19th-c. Ger botanist + -ia, -ia
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