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    aspidistra

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Plants, Gardening
    as·pi·dis·tra /ˌæspəˈdɪstrə/ noun [countable]  HBPDLGan indoor plant with broad green pointed leaves 蜘蛛抱蛋，一叶兰〔一种室内植物，长有宽而尖的绿叶〕
    Examples from the Corpus
    aspidistra• By the twenties, lace curtains and an aspidistra in the window were bad omens.• This was quite high, about four feet from the floor with a very wide sill on which rested Mum's aspidistra.• A single aspidistra gleamed in one corner in a lime-green ceramic pot.    Origin aspidistra (1800-1900) Modern Latin Greek aspis “shield”; from the shape of the leaves
    as·pi·dis·tra nounChineseSyllable
    indoor an broad plant Corpus leaves with pointed green


    aspidistra
    as‧pi‧dis‧tra /ˌæspəˈdɪstrə, ˌæspɪˈdɪstrə/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1800-1900
     Language: Modern Latin
     Origin: Greek aspis 'shield'; from the shape of the leaves
    an indoor plant with broad green pointed leaves


    as·pi·dis·traBrE /ˌæspɪˈdɪstrə/ 🔊NAmE /ˌæspɪˈdɪstrə/ 🔊 nouna plant with broad green pointed leaves, often grown indoors 蜘蛛抱蛋（常为室内盆栽植物，绿叶宽而尖）