Usually means: Tropical climbing plant, large leaves.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word philodendron:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. philodendron: Merriam-Webster
  2. Philodendron, philodendron: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. philodendron: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. philodendron: Collins English Dictionary
  5. philodendron: Vocabulary.com
  6. philodendron: Wordnik
  7. philodendron: Wiktionary
  8. philodendron: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. philodendron: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. philodendron: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. philodendron: Dictionary.com
  12. philodendron: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. philodendron: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Philodendron: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. philodendron: Rhymezone
  16. philodendron: FreeDictionary.org
  17. philodendron: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. philodendron: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. philodendron: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Philodendron: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Philodendron: Medical dictionary
  4. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Philodendron, Philodendron, Philodendron: Botanical Name listing of Plants

(Note: See philodendra as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (philodendron)

▸ noun:  Any of several climbing plants, of the genus Philodendron, native to America and the West Indies that are often grown as house plants.

Similar:
dieffenbachia, devil's vine, syringa, imbé, pothos, leopard lily, bromeliad, aglaonema, rhododendron, indoor plant, more...

Opposite:
anacardium

Phrases:
genus philodendron, Philodendron hederaceum, more...

Adjectives:
leaf, potted, leaved, giant, large, plastic, common, huge, familiar, variegated
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Similar:
dieffenbachia, devil's vine, syringa, imbé, pothos, leopard lily, bromeliad, aglaonema, rhododendron, indoor plant, more...

Opposite:
anacardium

Phrases:
genus philodendron, Philodendron hederaceum, more...

Adjectives:
leaf, potted, leaved, giant, large, plastic, common, huge, familiar, variegated



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