Definition of Genus dieffenbachia

1. Noun. Evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Dieffenbachia

genus Dianthus
genus Diapensia
genus Diapheromera
genus Dicamptodon
genus Dicentra
genus Diceros
genus Dichondra
genus Dicranopteris
genus Dicranum
genus Dicrostonyx
genus Dictamnus
genus Dictostylium
genus Dictyophera
genus Didelphis
genus Dieffenbachia
genus Diervilla
genus Difflugia
genus Digitalis
genus Digitaria
genus Dillenia
genus Dimetrodon
genus Dimocarpus
genus Dimorphotheca
genus Dinornis
genus Diodon
genus Diomedea
genus Dionaea
genus Dioon
genus Dioscorea

Literary usage of Genus dieffenbachia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement by J C Loudon (1839)
"The genus DiefFenbachia has been separated from Caladium, both on account of its being furnished with staminodia, and also from having the lower half of the ..."

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