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polka-dot plant

polka-dot plant noun: a tropical plant native to Madagascar but grown elsewhere as a house plant for its ornamental pink- or white-spotted leaves, Hypoestes phyllostachya.

polka-dot plant: a tropical plant native to Madagascar but grown elsewhere as a house plant for its ornamental pink-...
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Noun

polka-dot plant (plural polka-dot plants)

  1. A tropical plant native to Madagascar but grown elsewhere as a house plant for its ornamental pink- or white-spotted leaves, Hypoestes phyllostachya

Forms of polka-dot plant

pluralpolka-dot plants

Questions about polka-dot plant

What does polka-dot plant mean?
Polka-dot plant means a tropical plant native to Madagascar but grown elsewhere as a house plant for its ornamental pink- or white-spotted leaves, Hypoestes phyllostachya.
What part of speech is polka-dot plant?
Polka-dot plant is a noun.
What is the plural of polka-dot plant?
The plural of polka-dot plant is polka-dot plants.

Words near polka-dot plant in the dictionary

  1. polka dotted
  2. polka dotting
  3. polka jacket
  4. polka jackets
  5. polka-dot
  6. polka-dot plant
  7. polka-dot plants
  8. polka-dot wasp moth
  9. polka-dot wasp moths
  10. polka-dots
  11. polka-dotted

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