youth-on-age

Definitions of youth-on-age
  1. noun
    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, piggyback plant
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    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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