aspidistra elatio

1. 1.

   evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant

   Synonymsaspidistracast-iron plantbar-room plant

   Broaderherb

   Part ofgenus Aspidistra

Questions about aspidistra elatio

What does aspidistra elatio mean?

aspidistra elatio means "evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant".

What is another word for aspidistra elatio?

Close synonyms include aspidistra, cast-iron plant, bar-room plant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aspidistra elatio a common word?

aspidistra elatio is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.