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Definition of Spider plant
1. Noun. Native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States; grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers.
Definition of Spider plant
1. Noun. A green and white variegated evergreen perennial plant, (''Chlorophytum comosum''), grown as a houseplant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spider Plant
Literary usage of Spider plant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"GIANT spider plant. Figs. 993, 994. Clammy, strong-scented, 3-4 ft. high: Ifts.
usually 5, sometimes 7, oblong-lanceolate, with a pair of short stipular ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1905)
"For bold mass displays at the rear of the grounds or borders, such plants as
sunflower, castor bean, striped Japanese corn, spider plant, zinnias, ..."
3. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"spider plant, Strawberry plant, Thread-of-life, Wandering Jew. b. S. Virgini^nsis
Michx. Canada to Georgia and Tennessee. Early Saxifrage, Spring Saxifrage, ..."
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