Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mother-in-law_plant

1 sense of mother-in-law plant

Sense 1
dumb cane, mother-in-law plant, mother-in-law's tongue, Dieffenbachia sequine -- (an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name)
       => arum, aroid -- (any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe)