Swiss cheese plant

noun

A large woody vine, of species Monstera deliciosa, grown indoors for its distinctive foliage, which is riddled with holes like Swiss cheese, and which is also grown commercially in the tropics for its edible fruit.

Similar
ceriman
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Meanings

nounSwiss cheese plant (plural Swiss cheese plants)

plural Swiss cheese plants

  1. A large woody vine, of species Monstera deliciosa, grown indoors for its distinctive foliage, which is riddled with holes like Swiss cheese, and which is also grown commercially in the tropics for its edible fruit.

    Synonyms: ceriman

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA large woody vine, of species Monstera deliciosa, grown indoors for its distinctive foliage, which is riddled with holes like Swiss cheese, and which is also grown commercially in the tropics for its edible fruit.

Similar
ceriman
Also see
split-leaf philodendron
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