noun
South African succulent evergreen twining climber with yellow flowers grown primarily as a houseplant for its foliage; sometimes placed in genus Senecio
• Syn: ↑Delairea odorata, ↑Senecio milkanioides
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
• Member Holonyms: ↑Delairea, ↑genus Delairea
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nounUsage: usually capitalized G
: a twining or creeping southern African plant (Senecio mikanioides) with yellow flowers and leaves resembling those of ivy
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a twining composite plant, Senecio mikanioides, native to southern Africa, having ivy-shaped leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
[1860-65]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.