houseplant
Noun
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Any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes (synset 113103783)
subtypes:
- aglaonema modestum, chinese evergreen, japanese leaf - erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves
- anthurium, tail-flower, tailflower - any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers
- blood berry, bloodberry, rivina humilis, rouge plant, rougeberry - bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas
- gynura aurantiaca, purple velvet plant, royal velvet plant, velvet plant - Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs
- exacum affine, persian violet - perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers
- episcia - any plant of the genus Episcia; usually creeping and stoloniferous and of cascading habit; grown for their colorful foliage and flowers
- gloxinia - any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers
- kohleria - shrubby herb cultivated for their soft velvety foliage and showy scarlet flowers
- plectranthus - any of various ornamental plants of the genus Plectranthus
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