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monstera [mɒnˈstɪərə]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any plant of the tropical climbing genus Monstera, some species of which are grown as greenhouse or pot plants for their unusual leathery perforated leaves: family Araceae. M. deliciosa is the Swiss cheese plant

[New Latin, perhaps because the leaves were regarded as an aberration]

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Noun	1.	monstera - any plant of the genus Monstera; often grown as houseplants genus Monstera - tropical American climbing plant with deeply incised leaves ceriman, Monstera deliciosa - tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor liana - a woody climbing usually tropical plant
	2.	monstera - tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor ceriman edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh ceriman, Monstera deliciosa - tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor