From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishaspidistraas‧pi‧dis‧tra /ˌæspəˈdɪstrə/ noun [countable] HBPDLGan indoor plant with broad green pointed leaves
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aspidistra• By the twenties, lace curtains and an aspidistra in the window were bad omens.• This was quite high, about four feet from the floor with a very wide sill on which rested Mum's aspidistra.• A single aspidistra gleamed in one corner in a lime-green ceramic pot.Origin aspidistra (1800-1900) Modern Latin Greek aspis “shield”; from the shape of the leaves 