SPIDER PLANT Definition & Meaning

spider plant

noun

Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
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spider plant

noun

any of various house plants, esp Chlorophytum elatum See chlorophytum

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of spider plant¹

First recorded in 1850–55

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Alla forwards me a photograph of their room with rows of single beds, a cheap rug and a spider plant.

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She took a plant stand with a spider plant home and put it in her building’s hallway as a memento.

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I’m trying to incorporate some, like the snake plant and the spider plant.

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"My first plant was a spider plant and I just watched it grow and I thought, 'oh my God that's amazing'."

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“Libertarian Socialist solarpunk instance”—I found a photo of someone’s blooming spider plant next to a conversation about the consequences of ethical transparency in hierarchical systems.

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