dieffenbachia

English Thesaurus

1. evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliopsid genus, monocot genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	dieffenbachia sequine, dumb cane, mother-in-law plant, mother-in-law's tongue,
definition	:	an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	araceae, arum family, family araceae,
definition	:	anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron (noun.plant)