mother-of-thousands
- noun
- /ˈmʌðər əv ˈθaʊzəndz/
:
madre de miles
- The mother-of-thousands produces clusters of tiny red-and-white flowers that attract many pollinators.
Examples
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The mother-of-thousands in the garden quickly covered the ground with its runners.
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Botanists were fascinated by the way mother-of-thousands spreads through its creeping stolons.
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She planted a mother-of-thousands under the window for its delicate blooms.
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The garden is filled with mother-of-thousands plants.
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I bought a mother-of-thousands from the local nursery.
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She admired the vibrant blooms of her mother-of-thousands as it spread across the garden.
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In spring, the mother-of-thousands fills the yard with colorful flowers and sprawling foliage.
Synonyms
A small plant with round leaves and red and white flowers that people often grow indoors or as ground cover
A small plant from eastern Asia that spreads by runners and has red and white star-shaped flowers
A small East Asian flowering plant with red-and-white flowers that spreads by runners called strawberry begonia
A small garden plant with red and white flowers that spreads along the ground
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mother-of-thousands gets its name from the way the plant makes many tiny 'baby' plants on its leaves, so it looks like a mother with thousands of children. That's why the name fits a plant that spreads quickly by those little baby plants.