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pothos

/ˈpoʊθoʊs/

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What does pothos mean?

noun

  1. Any vine of species Epipremnum aureum, widely cultivated as a houseplant, once classified in the genus Pothos.
  2. 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

  1. 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.
Henry Walter BatesThe Naturalist on the River AmazonsProject Gutenberg ebook #2440
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.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322