genus philodendron

English Thesaurus

1. any of several tropical American climbing plants with smooth shiny evergreen leaves (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	:	philodendron,
definition	:	often grown as a houseplant (noun.plant)

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