aspidistra

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant

Borrowed from taxonomic name Aspidistra.

“It really is terrible, living in a little town like this,” went on Miss Findlater, “so full of aspidistras, you know, and small gossip. — Unnatural death, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) Sayers
There were amber silk sashes to the Nottingham lace curtains at the huge bow window and an amber winding sheet was wrapped about the terra cotta pot in which a tired aspidistra bore forth a yearly leaf. — The best British short stories of 1922, Unknown

cast-iron plant, bar-room plant, Aspidistra elatio

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