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spider plant

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spider plant
n.
A perennial (Chlorophytum comosum) having sprawling stems and flat, narrow leaves that are sometimes striped white or yellowish white, and small white flowers.
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spider plant
Chlorophytum comosum
spider plant
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various house plants, esp Chlorophytum elatum: see chlorophytum
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Noun1.spider plantspider plant - native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States; grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers
Cleome hassleriana, spider flower
cleome, spiderflower - any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers


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