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noun
A perennial plant native to North America and widely planted as an ornamental: Tolmiea menziesii
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pickaback plant, piggyback plant, Tolmiea menziesii
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
History
From the way young plantlets sprout from the middle of older leaves.
