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Definition of Leopard plant
1. Noun. Any of various plants of temperate Eurasia; grown for their yellow flowers and handsome foliage.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leopard Plant
Literary usage of Leopard plant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Home Floriculture: A Familiar Guide to the Treatment of Flowering and Other by Eben Eugene Rexford (1903)
"Farfugium Farfugium grande—The leopard plant. Foliage of thick, firm texture,
nearly circular in shape, very dark green, heavily spotted with clear yellow. ..."
2. Indoor Gardening by Eben Eugene Rexford (1910)
"Farfugium grande, better known as leopard plant, has long been a favorite with
those who admire variegated foliage. It has large circular leaves of dark ..."
3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1904)
"The Farfugium grande, (leopard plant) is also a good window plant, its thick
leathery gold-spotted leaves being particularly ..."
4. Flowers, how to Grow Them: A Practical Treatise Devoted Mainly to the Care by Eben Eugene Rexford (1906)
"A plant with large, circular leaves of a very dark green, spotted with yellow;
often called the " leopard plant" because of its spots. CACTI. ..."
5. Elementary Horticulture for California Schools: A Manual for Teachers and by Clayton F. Palmer (1910)
"Asparagus sprengeri (also much used in hanging-baskets); begonias; calla; Coleus;
Cyperus or "umbrella plant;" *Dracaena ;" *Farfugium or leopard plant; ..."
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