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Decumaria

Decumaria

9.9
A small woody climbing plant with sticky roots that help it climb walls or trees
  • noun
  • Specialized
: Decumaria
  • Decumaria is notable for its adhesive aerial roots that enable it to climb surfaces.

Examples

  • The garden featured a rare specimen of Decumaria climbing up the trellis.

  • The Decumaria plant can climb up to 20 feet high.

  • Botanists recently revised the classification of Decumaria within flowering plants.

  • Look at that beautiful Decumaria climbing the fence!

  • Decumaria is notable for its adhesive aerial roots that enable it to climb surfaces.

  • The garden featured a rare specimen of Decumaria climbing up the trellis.

  • The Decumaria plant can climb up to 20 feet high.

Surface Forms

Decumaria singular
Decumarias plural

Etymology

Decumaria is a plant name you can remember by its parts: think of decumb- (as in 'decumbent', meaning 'to lean' or 'to lie down') and the ending -aria which often means 'connected with' in names. So Decumaria suggests a plant that leans on and clings to walls or trees with sticky roots.