Meanings
nounspider plant (plural spider plants)
plural spider plants
- Any of several types of plants that have leaves or other parts that resemble spider legs, including:
- of genus Chlorophytum (spider lilies)
- especially of species Chlorophytum comosum of green and white variegated evergreen perennial plants, grown as houseplants.
- of species Saxifraga flagellaris (whiplash saxifrage)
- of genus Cleome (spiderflowers)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounnative to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States; grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers
Similar
spider flowerCleome hassleriana
Broader
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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