English > houseplant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes. |
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| Narrower | Chinese evergreen, Japanese leaf, Aglaonema modestum | Erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves |
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| Persian violet, Exacum affine | perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers |
| anthurium, tailflower, tail-flower | Any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers |
| bloodberry, blood berry, rougeberry, rouge plant, Rivina humilis | bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries |
| episcia | Any plant of the genus Episcia |
| gloxinia | Any of several plants of the genera ... / genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers |
| kohleria | shrubby herb cultivated for their soft velvety foliage and showy scarlet flowers |
| plectranthus | Any of various ornamental plants of the genus Plectranthus |
| velvet plant, purple velvet plant, royal velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca | Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs |
| Broader | plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
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| Spanish | planta de interior |
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| Catalan | planta d'interior |
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