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Word: Pothos
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century; earliest use found in New & Complete Dictionary Arts & Science. From scientific Latin Pothos, genus name (LinnaeusSpecies Plantarum II. 968, after his use in Genera Plantarum) from Sinhala pōṭä
Definition:
A genus of climbing plants (family Araceae) native to the Old World tropics; (also pothos) any of the members of this genus, some of which are cultivated as foliage plants.
