spider plant
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈspaɪdər plænt/
:
planta araña
- The top floor is glassed in on four sides, and spider plants dangle with more exotic ferns above the water.
- spider plant hanging
- spider plant shoots
- baby spider plants
Finally, can I use tap water to water my spider plant?
- Finally, can I use tap water to water my spider plant?
- She steals a bunch of books and she has a friend with her, which is a plant, a spider plant.
- And this is in a good spot now to more aesthetically grow itself to a beautiful, beautiful spider plant.
Examples
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He watered spider plants and a jade tree, mixing in Miracle Grow to nourish a sickly palm that, the note attached to its pot explained, had been scorched in the heat.
Fiction book (1997) -
The spider plant in the corner of the room has vibrant green leaves and delicate white flowers.
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A spider plant hangs from the ceiling.
Fiction book (1991) -
Spider plants with baby shoots hanging down like dropped parachutes.
Fiction book (1990) -
The spider plant I'd been watering all this time had grown so many baby plants that some of them trailed to the floor.
Fiction book (1998) -
The spider plants spilled their vines over the window sill, green and golden in the evening light, then turning grey as it grew darker.
Fiction book (2002) -
A spider plant hangs above in a beaded macramé cradle.
Fiction book (1997) -
We’ve been observing some spider plant "babies" that my sister sent home with us. We put them in jars of water to encourage root growth before we plant them. It’s been neat to see how much they’ve grown in just one week!
Blog text (12) -
She carefully watered the spider plant, ensuring it got enough sunlight by the window.
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The spider plant produces long shoots that develop baby plants, which are perfect for propagation.
How Resilient
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4.9
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3.6
- South African
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4.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'spider plant' is directly compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'spider' and 'plant' can infer it is a type of plant associated with or resembling a spider (i.e., a plant with spreading, arching leaves or 'spiderettes'). This follows a common noun-noun naming pattern and is cross-linguistically transparent, so the meaning is readily derivable from its parts.
Etymology
Spider plant gets its name from long stems and small baby plants that hang down like little spiders. That's why the name is used for this common 'houseplant' with long, narrow leaves and hanging baby plants.