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Definition of syngonium

syngonium

/sɪŋˈɡoʊniəm/
syn · go · ni · um

Plural:syngoniums
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syngonium Lexical Profile

• noun

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Any of various tropical woody vines of the genus Syngonium in the arum family (Araceae), native to the rainforests of Mexico, Central America, and South America, widely cultivated as ornamental houseplants for their arrowhead-shaped leaves that divide into lobes with age and their distinctive arum-like flowers consisting of a central fleshy spadix enclosed by a greenish-white to pinkish hood-like spathe.

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