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piggyback plant

piggyback plant noun: a plant native to moist forests near the coast of northwestern North America, Tolmiea menziesii, grown as an ornamental groundcover or container plant for its attractive green foliage with plantlets growing from the bases of the leaves.

piggyback plant: a plant native to moist forests near the coast of northwestern North America, Tolmiea menziesii,...
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Noun

piggyback plant (plural piggyback plants)

  1. A plant native to moist forests near the coast of northwestern North America, Tolmiea menziesii, grown as an ornamental groundcover or container plant for its attractive green foliage with plantlets growing from the bases of the leaves.
    Synonyms:
    youth-on-age, thousand mothers

Synonyms of piggyback plant

Forms of piggyback plant

pluralpiggyback plants

Questions about piggyback plant

What does piggyback plant mean?
Piggyback plant means a plant native to moist forests near the coast of northwestern North America, Tolmiea menziesii, grown as an ornamental groundcover or container plant for its attractive green foliage with plantlets growing from the bases of the leaves.
What part of speech is piggyback plant?
Piggyback plant is a noun.
What is the plural of piggyback plant?
The plural of piggyback plant is piggyback plants.

Words near piggyback plant in the dictionary

  1. piggy-wiggies
  2. piggy-wiggy
  3. piggy-wigs
  4. piggyBac
  5. piggyback
  6. piggyback plant
  7. piggyback plants
  8. piggyback tax
  9. piggybacked
  10. piggybacker
  11. piggybackers

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