Definitions for aspidistras

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aspidistras as·pi·dis·tra

Spelling: [as-pi-dis-truh]

IPA: /ˌæs pɪˈdɪs trə/

Aspidistras is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 452 anagrams from letters in aspidistras (aadiiprssst).

Definitions for aspidistras

noun

1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Aspidistra, of the lily family, native to eastern Asia, especially A. eliator, having large evergreen leaves often striped with white, and grown as a houseplant.

Origin of aspidistras

1815-25; New Latin, equivalent to aspid- (Greek: stem of aspís shield) + -istra, extracted from Tupistra genus of liliaceous plants Greek typís mallet + Latin -tra plural of -trum noun suffix

Examples for aspidistras

The modesty of the violet is nowhere when compared with the aspidistra!

The open inner door showed a bright linoleum on the floor, and the end of a brown side-board on which stood an aspidistra.

An aspidistra (please note spelling) is the best plant there is for roughing it.