aspidistra

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plants, Gardeningaspidistraas‧pi‧dis‧tra /ˌæspəˈdɪstrə/ noun [countable] HBPDLGan indoor plant with broad green pointed leavesExamples from the Corpusaspidistra• By the twenties, lace curtains and an aspidistra in the window were bad omens.• This was quite high, about four feet from the floor with a very wide sill on which rested Mum's aspidistra.• A single aspidistra gleamed in one corner in a lime-green ceramic pot.Origin aspidistra (1800-1900) Modern Latin Greek aspis “shield”; from the shape of the leaves

单词	aspidistra
释义	aspidistra From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plants, Gardeningaspidistraas‧pi‧dis‧tra /ˌæspəˈdɪstrə/ noun [countable] HBPDLGan indoor plant with broad green pointed leavesExamples from the Corpusaspidistra• By the twenties, lace curtains and an aspidistra in the window were bad omens.• This was quite high, about four feet from the floor with a very wide sill on which rested Mum's aspidistra.• A single aspidistra gleamed in one corner in a lime-green ceramic pot.Origin aspidistra (1800-1900) Modern Latin Greek aspis “shield”; from the shape of the leaves
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