noun
vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk
• Syn: ↑piggyback plant, ↑youth-on-age, ↑Tolmiea menziesii
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tolmiea, ↑genus Tolmiea
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷-\ noun also piggyback plant \\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷-\ : a glandular pubescent perennial herb (Tolmiea menziesii) of the family Saxifragaceae that is native to western No. America, has young plants borne at the junction of leaf blade and petiole, and is used as a foliage plant — called also youth-on-age
Useful english dictionary. 2012.