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Related topics: Plants, Gardeningas·pi·dis·tra /ˌæspəˈdɪstrə/ noun [countable] HBPDLGan indoor plant with broad green pointed leaves 蜘蛛抱蛋，一叶兰〔一种室内植物，长有宽而尖的绿叶〕Examples from the Corpusaspidistra• By the twenties, lace curtains and an aspidistra in the window were bad omens.• This was quite high, about four feet from the floor with a very wide sill on which rested Mum's aspidistra.• A single aspidistra gleamed in one corner in a lime-green ceramic pot.Origin aspidistra (1800-1900) Modern Latin Greek aspis “shield”; from the shape of the leavesas·pi·dis·tra nounChineseSyllable indoor an broad plant Corpus leaves with pointed green |