Associations to the word «Dieffenbachia»

Wiktionary

DIEFFENBACHIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae   — the mother-in-law's tongue, dumb cane and similar plants.
DIEFFENBACHIA, noun. Any of several plants, of the genus Dieffenbachia, cultivated as houseplants

Dictionary definition

DIEFFENBACHIA, noun. Evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope