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pothos

/poh-thos, -thuhs, poth-ohs, -uhs/US // ˈpoʊ θɒs, -θəs, ˈpɒθ oʊs, -əs //

蒲公英,蛾子,梭子鱼,蒲葵

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural po·thos, po·thos·es.

    • : any of various tropical climbing vines belonging to the genera Pothos and Epipremnum, of the arum family, especially E. aureum, widely cultivated for its variegated foliage.

Examples

  • The tree trunks were hidden by climbing ferns and by a white variegated fleshy-leafed pothos.

  • It is formed by a single plant of Pothos aurea, which, starting from the end wall, has already encircled the structure twice.

  • The handsome pothos—the finest of the creepers—grew everywhere.

  • To this family belong the Caladiums, a genus closely allied to the Pothos.

  • Their trunks are also clothed with orchids; and still more beautifully with pothos, peppers, vines, and convolvuli.