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pothos
/ˈpoʊθoʊs/
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What does pothos mean?
noun
- Any vine of species Epipremnum aureum, widely cultivated as a houseplant, once classified in the genus Pothos.
- Any plant in the genus Pothos; a genus of plants consisting of subtropical and tropical, climbing, flowering vines, indigenous to the environs of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
proper noun
- One of Aphrodite's erotes, brother to Himeros and Eros.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpoʊθoʊs/
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On the tree trunks, walls, and palings, grew a great quantity of climbing Pothos plants, with large glossy heart-shaped leaves.
Plants of the family of pothos, with succulent stems, oxalises, and orchideae of a singular structure,* (* A dendrobium, with a gold-coloured flower, spotted with black, three inches long.) rise in the driest clefts of the rocks; while creeping plants waving in the winds are interwoven in festoons before the opening of the cavern.