polka-dot plant

noun

A tropical plant native to Madagascar but grown elsewhere as a house plant for its ornamental pink- or white-spotted leaves, Hypoestes phyllostachya

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Meanings

nounpolka-dot plant (plural polka-dot plants)

plural polka-dot plants

  1. A tropical plant native to Madagascar but grown elsewhere as a house plant for its ornamental pink- or white-spotted leaves, Hypoestes phyllostachya
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