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piggyback plant

DEFINITIONS OF: piggyback plant

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n vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk

Synonyms:
Tolmiea menziesii, pickaback plant, youth-on-age
Type of:
herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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